The scene in "The Wizard of Oz" when Dorothy steps out of her black-and-white house into the Technicolor world of the yellow brick road is one of the most breathtaking movie moments I've ever seen. The air catches in my throat, and I'm awestruck no matter how many times I have watched it.
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Molten chocolate cake is arguably the dessert most tightly bound to Valentine’s Day, first gaining fine-dining fame in the 1990s before slowly sliding out of favour and into cultural cliché.
This February stalwart, alternatively called a chocolate truffle cake or lava cake, has disputed beginnings. Even though chef Michel Bras’s
coulant, with flowing ganache miraculously ensconced in cake, debuted six years prior to the “happy accident” of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s unintentionally underbaked version in 1987, Vongerichten historically claimed invention. (He was catering for a large group and failed to take into account how the mass of so many cakes in the oven would affect the oven’s efficiency.) Meanwhile, Jacques Torres argued such softly oozing treats,
23 January 2021
Baklava: good. Custard slice: also good. It only makes sense then, for this baklava custard slice to be utterly delicious. The hybrid creation of Canadian cook and author Tara O’Brady, it came into existence after Tara read about
galaktoboureko – a Greek cousin to the custard slice. The descriptions reminded her of a baklava she scoffed down at a friend’s dinner. Soon after, she was figuring out how to combine the best of both, cooking up a puff pastry pressed with pistachios while steeping cream with orange, cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla. The result of her kitchen wizardry is a rich, fragrant slice that might just knock the Aussie bakery treat off its pedestal. If you’re curious, check out the recipe over here.