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Desserts

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream Cookbook Will Make You Scream For More

    In 2008, Molly Moon Nietzel left the corporate world for a more satisfying and fulfilling livlihood. She yearned for something more like her ice cream scooping days during college, and the ice cream sundaes she made with her grandparents. She wanted to create a place of community, where many generat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Egg-free Pumpkin Pie at Jodee's Desserts in Greenlake

    Thanksgiving seems like it was weeks ago. Somewhere in the whirlwind of the past days, there was a feast with family, and time spent playing the piano with my three year old niece. Mountains of dishes and dishes of leftovers. Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful, and nary an element made me ill because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Raw Stumptown Tiramisu at Jodee's

    ​Let's hear it for Jodee Capo. The lovely California transplant had the guts to open a raw, organic, gluten-free dessert shop near Greenlake on Valentine's Day. The reaction? Overwhelming. Instead of scoffing at another healthy food store, people paid to eat her creations. "I wanted people t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Gluten-Free Bakery Debuts in Greenlake; Proletariat Pizza Takes Vacation in White Center

    Courtesy of Jodee's Desserts​Just in time for Valentine's Day, Jodee's Desserts debuts at 7214 Woodlawn Ave. N.E. today at 11 a.m., according to My Green Lake. The organic, dairy-free, and gluten-free bakery features treats like banana custard and tiramisu, as well as smoothies and Stumptown c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Breaking News: Free Cupcakes In Bellevue!

    ​Okay, so I've got some news today about the opening of the new Cupcake Royale location in Bellevue, but that's not important right now. We'll get to that later. What is important, on the other hand, is that the cupcake pushers from Royale are celebrating the opening of this new store by roll ... More >>

  • Food

    July 14, 2010

    Versus: Short(cake) & Sweet at Anthony's and the Kingfish

    ​Okay, so I've got some news today about the opening of the new Cupcake Royale location in Bellevue, but that's not important right now. We'll get to that later. What is important, on the other hand, is that the cupcake pushers from Royale are celebrating the opening of this new store by roll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Versus: Short(cake) and Sweet

    The Dish It's the simplicity and flavor of summer at its peak -- the strawberry shortcake. This homey dessert is an artful, rustic creation made with homemade whipped cream, fresh strawberries and a warm biscuit. What this dessert is not is a gloppy mess strewn with store bought whipped topping, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Cupcakes and Pork Belly: What's The Next Big Thing?

    ​ Okay, so this one is just for you serious, hardcore, eating-out-every-night kind of grubniks in the crowd. It's a question based in gluttony, in excess--meant those who live for this stuff, who'd rather lose a foot to gout than give up their foie gras and bacon sandwiches for even one singl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Meat Sundae

    ​Can you guess what's in this dessert? Besides bacon? This creation from executive chef Dalis Chea of Fresh Bistro (who really, really likes pork) is made from vanilla bean caramel ice cream, bacon pecan brittle and shaved cured foie gras. I know I said the bacon bubble had burst with these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Sweet Freak: Pour Some Sugar on Me

    ​Ignore the fact that there are 110 calories in a single tablespoon. Ignore that you have to shake the bottle for at least 20 seconds before squirting onto your ice cream to make sure all of the oils are properly mixed (Shake Weight what?). Ignore that if accidentally refrigerated, it will tur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Pastry Chef at Crow and Betty Psyched About Summer Fruit

    Photo by Leslie KellyBrioche buns at Betty make for an even better burger.​Brittany Bardeleben's happiest when she's making desserts that evoke memories of Mom or Grandma, but with an upscale twist. Her carrot cake served at Crow and Betty is elevated by a drizzle of exotic pineapple caramel. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Brittany's Super Sweet, But Her Desserts At Betty and Crow Are Never Cloying

    Photo by Leslie KellyBrittany Bardeleben's pies are wildly popular at Betty.​Brittany Bardeleben has a sweet spot in her heart for desserts. They remind her of growing up and hanging out in her grandmother's kitchen. But she ramps up the old-fashioned classics she makes for Betty and Crow by a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Versus: This Is Not Your Mother's Cheesecake (Or Is It?)

    The Dish How do you define a good cheesecake? Is it the flavor? The texture? Can you have one without the other? For answers, we set our sights on two cheesecakes -- and one family. Let us explain. Bakery Nouveau owner William Leaman is the former pastry chef of Salty's on Alki. When he left to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Sweet Freak: 80s Inspired Sherbet from Baskin Robbins

    Rock 'N Pop Swirl​Tell me if you've heard this one: Baskin Robbins serves a line of brightly-colored and crazy-sounding sherbets. I had no idea until I stumbled into the Rainier Ave. shop last week while researching gross ice cream flavors. There's a Wild 'N Reckless sherbet that, while very c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Seattle's Top 5 Grossest Sounding Ice Cream Flavors

    We don't have to tell you that most people looking to sink their tastebuds into something creamy, cool and smooth probably won't gravitate towards a stick of butter or seared foie gras, but what happens when you're faced with such flavors on a dessert menu? Do you show your adventurous side and go f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Diane Skwiercz of Street Treats

    Photo courtesy of Diane Skwiercz, pictured.​Street Treats is a mobile confectional set to launch in May. Diane Skwiercz is still putting all the details together, figuring out recipes, getting the truck decked out, and plotting which neighborhoods to invade. I spoke with her about launching he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Trophy Cupcakes: How You Know You've Made It Big

    ​Late last week, while still trying to get my bearings and desperately in need of a sugar fix, I sent my wife, Laura, out to Trophy Cupcakes in Bellevue to score us some of the good stuff. Now honestly, I'm generally not much of a cupcake guy. My tastes run more towards weird Japanese candie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Top 5 Places for Dessert

    In a city where you can get a great cup of coffee 'round the clock, why is it that finding a decent dessert place seems to require a G.P.S and a treasure map? We're not talking about the cutesy storefronts laden with cupcakes and ice cream, but the type of sugar parlors where you can stop in after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Molly Moon's Ice Cream for Breakfast

    ​The good people at Molly Moon's Ice Cream (1622 1/2 N. 45th St. and 917 Pine St.) recognize that winter in Seattle is hard, mornings are drab, and some of us don't ever wait in line for eggs and toast. Both locations serve bowls of oatmeal with a scoop of their maple bacon ice cream, every S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    This Week's Recipe: Dana Cree's Chocolate Chip Licorice Ice Cream

    ​Before becoming pastry chef at Poppy, Dana Cree worked for three years at Lampreia (on the savory side), then staged at The Fat Duck in England and WD-50 in New York City, both internationally famous for their culinary experimentation. After returning to Seattle, Cree was pastry chef at Eva a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Seattle's Top Five Cupcakes

    Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes. They're not going away, folks. Three new cupcake bakeries opened this year, and there are two more on the way (the next one on deck is Wink). You're going to be eating them at showers, birthday parties, and office functions for at least another five years. You know wha ... More >>

  • Food

    August 26, 2009

    Pie Time for Love

    Overabundance finds a warm, crusty home.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Beware "And Our Specials Are..."

    How many times do you have to relearn the phrase caveat emptor? Restaurants run specials all the time, counting on servers to convey the information to guests verbally, including the price. If a waiter is telling you about the cracked crab special, you have a pretty good idea that it'll be expensive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Versus: Stumptown Takes on Vivace -- In Ice Cream

    Molly Moon's Vivace Ice Cream​Bluebird's Stumptown Ice Cream​ Suddenly this summer, it has become possible to gain 3.2 pounds walking from Pine and 10th to Pike and 14th (3.4 pounds if you walk the same route downhill) if you hitting the neighborhood's three new ice cream places on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Ice Week: Halo Haloooooooo

    ​Halo-halo, which means "mix-mix" in Tagalog, is not an icy dessert. It is a disco in a glass. Here are just a few of the things in this picture: Shaved ice, sweetened condensed milk, ripe jackfruit, cubes of honey konjac jelly, beans, crisped rice, ube puree (the purple sweet-potato mass you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Voracious Declares This Week Ice Week

    ​A week of 90 -degree days: Apocalypse or miracle? Ah, poor us, suffering in our air-conditioning-free houses, unfamiliar with the strage salty liquid that our bodies seem to be excreting, unwilling to cook our market-fresh vegetables. Thank god this is the year of artisanal ice cream. This w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    New-School Ice Cream Truck Appears

    A few weeks ago, Chantal Anderson reported on the fierce competition among ice-cream truck drivers in Seattle and Tacoma, but that hasn't deterred one more truck from hitting the streets. Parfait Ice Cream takes its cue more from Skillet Street Food than Tastee Freez. Parfait is beginning its seco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    More Ice Cream on Capitol Hill, Farmers' Markets, and Three Girls in Ballard

    If you've been anywhere near the Oddfellows Building recently you might have noticed the line outside of the recently opened Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream. A second ice cream shop, Old School Frozen Custard, is opening a few blocks away sometime in May. But according to CHS, there has been talk of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Full Tilt: Bringing Together Ice Cream and Passover

    After picking up my gefilte fish from On Safari, I zipped down to White Center (as long as I was close) for a roast chicken from Rosticeria Y Cucina Paisano (9615 15th Ave. S.W.), the virtues of which can be read HERE in Jonathan Kauffman's recent review. While I was in White Center, I figured I mig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Spring Hill Mixes Movie Snacks and Haute Cuisine in One Dessert

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    U-Bake Pies From Grand Central Bakery

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Tastes Like Victory

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Mooberry Takes Over Original Sonic Boom Location in Fremont

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Pac-Man, Anyone?

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    A taste of Molly Moon's

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Pastry Arts Certificate Course

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Seattle's Cupcake Crawl

    I ate at Spring Hill sometime last week -- for pleasure, not for work. Not only did it remind me how much I loved Mark and Marjorie Fuller's restaurant when I reviewed it this summer, one of the newer desserts surprised and delighted me: salted popcorn ice cream. The salted-dessert trend has bee ... More >>

  • Food

    January 30, 2008

    Don't Look for Nutella at Unicorn Crepes

    Just ask for a “banana custard choco whip” crepe.

  • Food

    November 28, 2007

    Seattle's Best Frozen Yogurt

    Trust me, I've tried them all.

  • Food

    August 8, 2007

    You Can Spend $13 on Yourself at Scoup Du Jour

    But we don't recommend it.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    $13 at Scoop Du Jour

    But we don't recommend it.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2007

    Beginning My Culinary Odyssey at Sur La Table

    But we don't recommend it.

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Searching for Seattle's Snobbiest Ice Cream

    But we don't recommend it.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    CUPCAKES

    But we don't recommend it.

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2007

    Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

    But we don't recommend it.

  • Food

    January 17, 2007

    In Threes and on a Stick

    It's playtime at dessert queen Sue McCown's new solo showcase.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Tamarind Tree Ice Cream

    It's playtime at dessert queen Sue McCown's new solo showcase.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2006

    Last Minute Dessert Ideas

    It's playtime at dessert queen Sue McCown's new solo showcase.

  • Food

    November 8, 2006

    Compelling Menus Offer Alternatives to a Home-Cooked Thanksgiving

    Turkey, stuffing, yams and pie.

  • Food

    August 16, 2006

    Food News

    August 16 - 23, 2006.

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