dessert
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Healthy, Restaurant Reviews, Uncommon Foods, Vegetarian/Vegan
Veg Out: Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit Co.
For people who avoid dairy, the past few weeks or so may have been a little rough. Watching people saunter around campus with their cups of freshly swirled fro-yo, stacked high with fruit, chocolate, and granola, can leave one craving a cool, sweet, light spring treat. That’s where Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit Co. comes in. [...]
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Savoring my Sweet Tooth (Even on Passover)
Every spring I look forward to matza brei, mandel bread, matza ball soup, and all my other favorite Passover foods. I have a special section in my recipe box just for Passover delicacies that are good enough to eat once the 8 long days of Passover are over. When I returned from spring break and [...]
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Chef-Inspired Chow: Dates–No Longer Just for “Old People”
The sticky toffee pudding from The Redhead will give you a whole new perspective on dates Tis’ the season for frigid nights and twinkling lights (and for rhyming!) that make it acceptable for you to incessantly snack on sweet treats. If you are searching for a method to increase your body “cushioning” to help you [...]
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Cranberry Pecan Tart
I love pie. I really love pie. I count tarts as a form of pie. One pie/tart I have never understood is pecan pie. I mean, I’d be kidding you to say that I don’t enjoy a mouth full of gooey sugar every now and then but something about pecan pie is just to much. [...]
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Gift Ideas, Informative, Recipes
Meal-plan Miracles: Rice Crispies, Your-Way
Ever seen the beautiful, gigantic rice crispy treats that sit in front of the salad station at Westside? They are about the size of a 1980s paperback and covered in everything from M&Ms to chocolate shavings to colored sugar. And granted, while the rice crispies served in John Jay and Ferris may be pretty darn [...]
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Dutch Apple Pie
Pippa’s back with In-Season, a great series that explores fresh produce and gives you way to create really delicious things. So you went apple picking a few weeks ago and have barely made a dent in the PILES of apples that you foolishly said you’d finish in a week. Say hello to the apple [...]
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SMUSH yourself
Peri joins us for more Sweets in the City with a review of SMUSH–an ice cream sandwich emporium in midtown perfect for a Saturday night out on the town. A friend of mine recommended this funky dessert spot to me when I told him about the blog saying that they “imitate deli sandwiches for dessert”. [...]
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Sweets in the City: Fifth Avenue
Today’s second post is from one of our many new bloggers, Jenny. In her Wednesday series, Sweets in the City, Jenny will explore cooking desserts as well as finding desserts in a variety of interesting neighborhoods. For my sugary foray into the Upper East Side, I decided to get my camo on. Little black polka [...]
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SMOKE: a meal and a concert, two for the price of one
SMOKE Jazz Club & Lounge Where it is NOT located: 2751 Broadway New York, NY 10025 (212) 864-6662 I have noticed that, for some reason, students tend to neglect the local. It can be exciting and enriching to venture to faraway lands (as far away as any two places on the Manhattan island can be), but [...]
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Street Sweets Comes to Columbia!
Emergency Update! The Street Sweets Truck is coming to Columbia University tomorrow! The truck will be parked at 113th and Broadway from 8 am to 5 pm, and it will be AMAZING! Street Sweets sells delicious pastries, including my personal favorite Nutella Croissants! However, they have many other offerings: quiches, muffins, savory croissants, cupcakes, coffee, [...]
