This harmonious dessert was created when apple crisp met apple pie. The center has warm chunks of apple with cinnamon, and the top is not quite a pie shell, but is not crumbly enough to qualify it as the topper that goes on the classic apple crisp. The dessert came with chocolate ice cream instead of the classic vanilla. A food faux pas? I think not, though I might be biased. After all, I am a chocolate lover.
The countdown has begun: just a little over three weeks till I go home, where I have a kitchen at my disposal. The days seem to fly by, mostly due to the fact that it feels like spring outside. Who would have thought that it would be in the 50s in February? (Just a reminder, I am in New England). I remember last year it snowed on April 1st (what a great April fools joke).
To celebrate this warm weather, I can’t wait to make strawberry rhubarb pie, which to me, perfectly embodies the essence of spring.
The bananas foster in the cafeteria tonight was really good, so I am satisfied for the evening. Nevertheless, deep down I am missing my one true love, chocolate. I wish I could eat one of these delicious chocolate marzipan triangles I bought in Peru.
This week is pretty hectic for me, and I have been trying to keep my cool as best as I can. I went to the gym with my roommate about an hour ago and am feeling refreshed.
Unfortunately, these past few days for me have been filled with caffeine. I am hoping after Friday I can detox with some of the awesome tea that my roommate brought me from Korea. She told me that before the buckwheat tea was steeped, it tasted like cereal, so I ate (yes that’s right, no typo here) some tea. She was right (as usual)! I guess raw tea is also good for breakfast, but I don’t think I will add milk to it.
I’ve been back at Amherst for a month now, and I have eaten fish only once here (some salmon in the cafeteria this past Friday). This lack of fish has been hard on me because fish is a large part of my diet back home, and I am accustomed to the good fish available in NYC.
When I was in high school, my mom would always cook me fish the night before I had a big test and tell me that fish was good for the memory. This coming week, I have three midterms, so I could definitely use a little brain food. Preferably without the head or the eyes!
I feel like over the past couple of years, New York City has seen an explosion in popularity of gourmet food trucks. I have tried food from a few food trucks (and it’s been good for the most part). The reason why I am not a food truck addict is that the food is not very cheap. (Though I admit, NYC itself is not a cheap city). I generally like to eat at home, and when I eat out with friends or family, I go to a restaurant where I can sit down comfortably. (Also, eating at a restaurant gives you easy access to a bathroom. One real problem about NYC is the fact that there are not enough public bathrooms).
This dessert, warm molten chocolate cake (do you see the similarity between this post and my last post?) and coffee is from DessertTruck Works, which has both a storefront and a truck. (I ordered this in the store, so that I could sit down and enjoy). The dessert was sweet and savory because of the olive oil ganache center. It was truly an innovative and delicious dessert.
Now that I am in Amherst with no food trucks at my disposal, I can just watch re-runs of the Food Network’s show, The Greatest Food Truck Race.
You can probably tell by now that I love dessert (Confession: I had two ice creams today in the cafeteria, though one of them was froyo). This warm molten chocolate lava cake from Jean Georges’ Nougatine in New York City is just irresistible and is definitely one of my favorite desserts of all time. The cake is accompanied by vanilla bean ice cream and short bread crumble (that could on their own be a dessert).
I am honestly not a big snack fan, but late nights in college have given me a greater appreciation for snacks (or maybe it’s just that I need food in order to stay awake). Yesterday evening, Amherst gave out free snacks as a study break in our campus center. I was quite surprised with the selection – cookies, chips, brownies, and even croissants!
But the chips got me thinking about the delicious veggie chips (sweet potato, plantain, zucchini, and eggplant) I had in Peru. Perfectly crisp and served with three different types of dipping sauce. The only downside was that by the time the food I ordered came out, I was already full.
This heaping fluffy pink mass is none other than my good friend, cotton candy. And best yet: when I finished this bad boy, there was ice cream underneath!
So I’ve decide to title this post after Marie Antoinette’s famous phrase (you will see why in a minute). But don’t let me deceive you, this entry has no historical facts in it.
One morning last summer, I realized that the delicious triple berry scone (from Two Little Red Hens) I was enjoying was practically cake. I pondered as to why it was acceptable to have a scone for breakfast but not cake. After all, the one time I told my mom I was eating leftover birthday cake for breakfast, she gave me a very judgmental look.
Without a real answer to this puzzling question, I concluded that scones in fact are just an excuse to eat cake for breakfast. Following the words of Marie Antoinette, “Let them eat scones!”
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