I knew that my weekend spent in Richmond was definitely going to prevent me from making a dessert for the blog this past weekend. A few ideas had rolled around in my head of desserts I might try at local restaurants but nothing really jumped out at me. Suddenly, however, at the eleventh hour an unexpected Whole Foods trip for Pellegrino and a late night snack led me past the freezer section, and an unusual sight. A group of people beelining for a stand alone freezer. The kind that usually holds frozen fish or waffles or other not so intriguing things. 8:30 at night on a Sunday what was making everybody so animated?
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Week 5 - Black Forrest Cake - Germany
I started this weeks dessert with a few things against me. First, I am not a cake baker. I don't have the finesse and attention to detail required for the beauty of cakes. Secondly, the dessert that i was making, Black Forrest Cake, while pretty popular here in The States, had never been a favorite of mine. Thirdly, most of the ingredients were not easily accessible where i live.
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Week 4 - Rugelach - Israel via NYC
Rugelach have been with me since childhood. When we visited my grandmother in New York it was always the treat she always seemed to have around. Sometimes they would be apricot filled, chocolate, or strawberry but always rugelach. While Rugelach have become much more common now, even available in my southern small town bakery, the sense of childhood, family and New York is strong whenever I have them. So when I thought...
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Couronne - Week 1 - France
Week 1 - Couronne - France
For week 1 of my Desserts of the World Challenge - 52 Desserts in 52 Weeks, I'm beginning in the usual me fashion - there are only two rules and I'm breaking one. I decided to make a Couronne. Therein lies the rule breaking- its mostly a bread and only slightly a cake. However, if you had seen the lovely (for the recipe click here ➡️) Mon Petit Fours blog post on Pinterest for a Cranberry and Pecan Courrone you will definitely see why the rule needed breaking.
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Introduction to the Tastebud Traveler
Introducing The Tastebud Traveler
Hi all! I'm Jenessa from Lexington, Virginia, USA. It's a quiet mountain town with an interesting mix of culture, architecture, agriculture and civil war history. I live there with with my ever-tolerant-of-my-whims husband, our (constantly on a diet) French Bulldog, Carlie and our two cats, Wall-e (a mouthy needy wonderful Bengal) and Fiona (a less that brilliant beauty of a Long-Haired Persian - unfortunately not helping the stereotype).
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