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Friday, November 5, 2010
Events Dreams do come true
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:12 PM
If you dream of buffets full of chocolate, cakes, pies, and desserts galore, then your dreams are about to come true.
Next Saturday, Nov. 13, the Ritz-Carlton will be hosting the "Dream Girls Dessert Buffet" to pair with the musical Dream Girls, which will be showing at The Belk Theater. All are welcome, whether you are going to the show or not.
The buffet will be held in the Lobby Lounge and will run from 8 pm to 11 pm. For $11.95 per person, you have three hours to shove your face full of as many decadent desserts as you want. The menu is as follows:
· Southern Coconut Cake, Pineapple Coulis
· Bourbon Pecan Pie, Salted Caramel
· Grandma's Banana Pudding
· Death by Chocolate Cake
· Strawberry Shortcake, Vanilla Cream
· Organic Carrot Cake, Cream Cheese Icing
· Coffee and Tea
Reservations are not required.
201 East Trade Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
704.547.2244
Recipe / Priscilla Tsai / Dessert The Pioneer Woman's apple dumplings
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:39 AM
I've made another Pioneer Woman recipe and I've gained another pound from it. That's how it goes.
This time I made her apple dumplings. They were embarrassingly easy to make for being so good.
To make these puppies, you just wrap crescent roll dough around slices of apple, pour a mixture of melted butter and sugar over them, empty out some Mountain Dew from the can on top of that, sprinkle with cinnamon, and bake. And ta-da! You've got yourself a crowd-pleasing dessert.
With such little effort for a praise-worthy dessert, this recipe has definitely got me rethinking all my complicated dessert recipes. What's the point in laboring in the kitchen for hours if something semi-homemade does the job?
I'll definitely be making these again. Perhaps a cream cheese and berry filling would be pretty good too. Or maybe peaches ...
If you are making these ahead of time, after baking, pour out as much of the sauce that's in the pan (there will be quite a bit) and save it in a separate container. This will keep the dumplings from getting soggy. When you're ready to serve, warm the dumplings in the oven for a few minutes and warm the sauce in the microwave. Serve it all with scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Food News Reid's Fine Foods reopens Friday, Nov. 5
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Reid's Fine Foods, which used to be located on 7th Street Uptown, has relocated to Myers Park on Selwyn Avenue. The new store will open Friday, Nov. 5.
I was a creeper and took some photos of the new store last night:
2834 Selwyn Ave.
Charlotte, NC
(704)527-2669
Food News / free food Chick-fil-A's Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake is here
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Chick-fil-A has rolled out their Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake for the holiday season. The limited-time milkshake flavor features hand-spun “home-style” Icedream® and is topped with light whipped cream and a maraschino cherry.
You want one too? I'll be running a contest to give out some free coupons for these minty shakes soon, so stay tuned.
Click here to find a store near you.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Food News New Sausage Pancake Bites
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Dunkin' Donuts has rolled out another new food item. This time it's Sausage Pancake Bites.
"WTF?!," you say.
Yeah, same here. These look ... um ... interesting.
From the photo Dunkin' sent out, these Sausage Pancake Bites look like little breakfast sausage pieces wrapped inside a corn dog-eque pancake coating.
Want to try one? You can try three. Right now you can buy three for $1.59.
(p.s. Each piece contains 100 calories and 6.67 grams of fat. Yikes.)
Monday, November 1, 2010
Recipe / Contributors / Breakfast Cranberry muffins for breakfast
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Finally! Cranberries are now in stock at grocery stores in Charlotte. I've been waiting for this for a while. Unlike in New England, cranberries only make an appearance in Charlotte late October and through the holidays.
Now that we've got them, it's time to hoard bags and bags of fresh cranberries in your freezer. (I enjoy hoarding food that is scarce, don't you?)
So what to do with all those hoarded cranberries? Bake up a batch of cranberry muffins. Obviously. They make a delicious, healthy grab-and-go breakfast. I use whole wheat flour and yogurt in this recipe, so you can feel good about eating these every morning.
By the way, how cute are these muffin liners? (They have little owls and spiders printed on them.)
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Recipe: Pomegranate Gingerbread Granola
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