Three years ago I planted a pink guava tree in my garden thinking of it more as an experiment than anything, as California is not exactly known as guava country. But to my surprise, this year the tree went crazy with pink guavas, so in the past week...
Topics: Desserts

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I know that messing with the rules of Korean food is kind of a no-no because, well, it's the perfect cuisine already, but in this case I was just wanting to experiment a little and replicate two of my favorite food experiences through a type of...
Topics: Korea

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Over the weekend, my mother invited some neighbors over for dinner and asked what we might have for dessert that night. Though I'm not a big dessert-eater, the words blueberry crumble erupted from my mouth in the same way an fiesty lava flow might...
Topics: Desserts

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At Trader Joe's today I found a packet of dried dragonfruit, so I decided to try integrating this unusual item into a vegan recipe for scones. Here's what I did. First I cut the dragonfruit into very small pieces -- about 1/2 cup of them. These.
Topics: Desserts

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I'm not a big dessert eater, so preparing a dessert that is 75% butter is not exactly part of my regular repertoire. But when I stumbled across a receipe for "peach tart with almond cream" I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it:...
Topics: Desserts

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