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Lace chocolate crêpe

I got the idea of shaping a crêpe like lace from Chef Elise Labide; she calls it crêpe dentelle. Hers was a regular crêpe batter, I got mine in a chocolate version. The idea is very simple: Your pour the batter in a plastic container with a spout, similar to the ones used to pour [...]
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Citrus and cream jelly

Diet desserts?  I always figured if one feels like eating a slice of cake, great, eat it, enjoy every morsel, and cut back on portions of food at the next meal. But what if you want to cut down on your food intake? Agar-agar is an appetite suppressant: Making these desserts and having one slice [...]
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Ashtalieh with pistachios

Do you like to end your main meal with a touch of sweetness? I don’t really want a thick slice of cheesecake; just a little something sweet, not too sweet, just right. Ashtalieh is a cream pudding; it comes from ashta, which is the Arabic word for cream; here, I simply added a handful of [...]
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