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Thai Red Curry - the product of a weekend of food styling and photography with Matt Armendariz and the Food Fanatics in Long Beach.
Cramberries. limes and apples make for a finger-licking good Fall tart.
Cubes of pears with dulce de leche in a Fall pie.
A review of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco - home to buttery croissants and delightful sandwiches.
Thin slices of juicy red apples coated in a thick custard and baked to golden perfection.
Moroccan flatbread and Baba Ganoush for World Bread Day 2009
This risotto with peas and juicy shrimp is my ode to the misunderstood vegetable.
Cubes of sweet pumpkin or butternut squash coated in paprika and cumin blend with goat cheese and lentils in this delicious Fall salad.
Vegan-friendly chocolate and matcha pudding without the calories!
Saffron, rose water and cardamom add an exotic twist to this simple dessert.
This yeast doughnut from Poland makes a versatile canvas for your favorite filling.
French cake with a tropical twist: bavarois cream sandwiched between layers of pandan chiffon cake and topped with shredded coconut.
Dorie Greenspan's pecan pie, baked in a tart pan, but equally delicious.
Airy Genoise stands in for cupcake batter in this version, with a lavender cream filling and vanilla frosting.
A Middle Eastern treat of shredded filo dough with a cream filling and drenched in an orange blossom syrup.
Best ever Tiramisu you'll encounter. Guaranteed.
Grated carrots are slow-cooked in cardamom-infused milk after which sugar, butter and saffron are added.
Bubor Cha Cha - a Southeast Asian dessert of sweet potatoes and yams stirred into a sweetened coconut milk broth.
An experimental lemongrass cupcake with matcha buttercream frosting.
A champagne parfait topped with sugared strawberries. Very Sunday Brunch-esque.
When life gives you lemons, make lemon squares (or bars).
A dark chocolate mousse paired with crisp vanilla cookies to chase away your Monday blues.
A moist carrot cake chock full with carrots, pineapple and walnuts with hints of cinnamon.
A flourless Middle Eastern Orange cake, perfect for afternoon tea.
Figs and goat cheese work together surprisingly well in this simple dessert.
Apple cubes bathed in a cinnamon-sugar gravy, topped with a buttery crumb and generous scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
Ginger-infused panna cotta served with a crisp honey tuile.
Dried and shelled split mung beans are boiled, soaked and stirred into a pandan-infused broth and topped with Chinese donuts.
Plump ripe peaches are soaked in a ginger syrup to give a spicy kick for this sophisticated dessert.
Plush red berries coated in sugar are married with a chocolate mousse in this luscious trifle.
A scoop of brown butter ice-cream with chocolate fleur de sel meringue makes everything alright.
Bite-sized choux puffs with ice-cream and glazed with chocolate. What's not to like?