Welcome to this week’s foodblog round-up — the “all dessert all the time” edition! Maybe it’s because I’m in the middle of my quest to get in shape, but so many sweet luscious photos caught my eye this week. Irresistible. I’m thinking that if I blog about them, maybe I will be able to resist actually baking and eating them.
Strawberry Limeade Granita from The Waspy Redhead
The Waspy Redhead took votes for her featured post, and since I voted for Strawberry Limeade Granita, it seems fitting to rave about it here. It looks so beautiful and refreshing… perfect for springtime but even more perfect for summer. In the same theme, Strawberry Shortcake Sliders from Elise at Simply Recipes is ushering in the season beautifully with little mini-shortcakes. And the fact that they are “mini” is no barrier to being able to pig out on them.
Then we move to Pithy and Cleaver’s Momofuku Compost Cookies. They are awesome because they’re kind of like an “everything in the pantry” cookie with random salty-crunchiness and sweet (maybe chocolate-y or peanut butter-y) melty goodness. But if you are really looking for a depth charge of chocolate and peanut butter, Almost Bourdain’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondant looks lusciously rich and scrumptious. I love peanut butter and chocolate, in anything from Reeses’ to chocolate peanut butter ice cream… this looks dreamy. Unfortunately the hubby is way less excited about the chocolate peanut-butter combo than I am. But I think he (and I) would both love these Chocolate Cherry Brownies with dried cherries drenched in port. I happen to have some dried cherries sitting around (I was thinking about using them with seared duck breast) and some port… it’s a match made in heaven. I think my port is already leaning in the direction of the dried cherries and chocolate in anticipation.
The other thing that caught my eye this week is Michael Bauer’s renewed hunt for the Best Burger in San Francisco. For one thing, it’s fun to read about Bauer’s burger indulgences. For another, I checked out the Marlowe menu and I am now dying to go and hoping the dinner is just as good as the burger. Crispy brussels sprout chips? Berkeley burrata? Roasted bone marrow? Anson Mills potenta? Lamb mixed grill? Smoky cauliflower gratin? Brown butter brussels sprouts?
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