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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>desserts | The Love Network</title><link>http://desserts.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://desserts.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about desserts</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Packing salt</title><link>http://t.love.com/311250877</link><description><![CDATA[Cake Cutting, $2/Slice. 
Given the kerfuffle over a too-hip joint here penalizing a patron for bringing her own, it should be the coming thing. 
Or at least should make cupcakes even more inescapable. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Frosty Boy in Adrian celebrates 40 years</title><link>http://t.love.com/311240007</link><description><![CDATA[In 1970, Frosty Boy in Adrian became one of the long list of businesses that had been started over time by Adrian restaurateur and businessman Basil Seigneur and his brothers. 
Forty years and two ownership changes later, business at the ice cream shop at 205 E. Church St. is still going strong. 


Frosty Boy today is owned by Bob and Maureen Stephan, who purchased the business in 1999 from Doug Hasenpflug and his family. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:14:00</pubDate></item><item><title>New Market Report: Global Biscuits</title><link>http://t.love.com/311230515</link><description><![CDATA[Datamonitor's Global Biscuits industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Biscuits industry. 
It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information. 


The cookies (sweet biscuits) market consists of American cookies, assortment cookies, butter-based cookies, chocolate cookies, cream-filled cookies, plain cookies, wafer cookies, artisa]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:15:00</pubDate></item><item><title>"Ice Cream in Europe" available at Fast Market Research</title><link>http://t.love.com/311228331</link><description><![CDATA[Datamonitor's Ice Cream in Europe industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Ice Cream industry. 
It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information. 


The ice cream market consists of the total revenues generated through the sale of artisanal ice cream, frozen yogurt, impulse ice cream and take-home ice cream. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Recent Study: Gum Confectionery in Ireland</title><link>http://t.love.com/311228321</link><description><![CDATA[Datamonitor's Gum Confectionery in Ireland industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Gum Confectionery industry. 
It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information. 


The gum market consists of bubble gum, functional chewing gum, regular chewing gum and sugar free chewing gum. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits</title><link>http://t.love.com/311223120</link><description><![CDATA[After the third tri-fold, dust under and on top of the dough, if needed, and roll or press the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick oval. 
Dip a 2-inch or 2-3/4-inch round biscuit cutter in flour and start cutting biscuits, dipping the cutter in flour between each biscuit. 
Press straight down to cut and lift straight up to remove; twisting the biscuit cutter will seal the sides and interfere with rising. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:34:00</pubDate></item><item><title>School principal slaps ban on kids receiving sweets for good behaviour!</title><link>http://t.love.com/311211228</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.newkerala.com/timages/newkerala-interior-009.jpg"><br>A primary school head mistress in Scotland has come under fire for stopping teachers from rewarding children with sweets for good behavior. 


The head of Arduthie Primary School in Stonehaven, Gail Macfarlane, recently announced that no student would be invited to have fruit juice and a biscuit at "Pupil of the Week" meetings with staff. 


Also, she has imposed a ban on birthday cakes and sweet treats being distributed in class. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunday Brunch: Cinnamon Rolls</title><link>http://t.love.com/311200349</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20100215-bowl-and-whisk-thumb-220x132.jpg"><br>Having regretted offending a few readers with a shortcut recipe for sweet breakfast buns , I finally got around to baking proper yeasted cinnamon rolls. 
Although they took more time (most of it for rising and therefore requiring nothing of me), they were far easier to make than the quick cinnamon bun recipe with its sticky, exasperating dough. 
Certain brunch guests will be surprised to learn that cinnamon rolls can be made from scratch in a home kitchen—"Like, from a can?" a friend of mine once asked when]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>This Week In Recipes</title><link>http://t.love.com/311200343</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20100215-bowl-and-whisk-thumb-220x132.jpg"><br>Kerry Saretsky celebrates the beauty and bite of Dijon mustard with this hearty and rustic recipe for Dijon chicken. 


Twisted Chicken: Blake Royer follows master of chicken Jacques Pépin's simple and delicious recipe for quick roasted chicken —perfect for any night of the week. 


Baking with Beer: Caroline Russock tests a recipe for Irish porter cake from Forgotten Skills of Cooking by Darina Allen. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Making candy can be as easy as pie</title><link>http://t.love.com/311167014</link><description><![CDATA[Candymaking has a reputation for being time-consuming and difficult, but with shortcuts, it can be easy. 


Even without candy molds, a candy thermometer or a free afternoon to devote to the enterprise, candy can become part of the modern home cook's repertoire. 


"I do think people made candy more back in the day," says candymaker Sharla Perry of Garland, Texas. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 7:28:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ben &amp; Jerry’s names Jostein Solheim as new CEO</title><link>http://t.love.com/311156473</link><description><![CDATA[Vermont's iconic ice cream makers, known for progressive social action as much as for the big chunks and swirls in their ice cream, have announced their newest leader from the home office. 
Jostein Solheim was appointed CEO of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and VP Global Brand Development, effective immediately. 
The new CEO, supported both by Unilever and the Ben & Jerry's Board of Directors, was introduced at the company's South Burlington headquarters during a town-hall style site meeting. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 6:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Food and Beverage Trends: Delhi's North Pole feel!</title><link>http://t.love.com/311151505</link><description><![CDATA[Scintillated freezing ambience, electrifying music & sumptuous food! 
A unique experience of partying at North Pole, sitting in Delhi. 
Freeze! ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 5:36:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Unique Characters, Products Fill Old Cherokee Trading Post</title><link>http://t.love.com/311149935</link><description><![CDATA[The shelves around the store hold a sprinkling of many goods, including canned food, bread, cereal, fishing tackle and bait, ammunition, knives, water coolers and ice chests. 
Milk and other cold items are in a refrigerator with ice cream in the freezer. 
On the top shelf above the cash register sits a Red Ryder BB gun in the box. 

 ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 5:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Hoboken has its sweet spots</title><link>http://t.love.com/311135440</link><description><![CDATA[Judging by the line outside Carlo's City Hall Bake Shop in northern New Jersey – from the front door to the corner, then east toward the Hudson River – you'd think the Boss was inside. 
Given all the flashing cameras, the outstretched hands gripping autograph books and the squeals of excitement, you'd be right. 


But don't be mistaken: Valastro, the Italian-American baker, cake decorator and cable-TV star who plays with fondant and modeling chocolate, not a guitar and a backup band. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:25:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Batavia 'Know-It Owls' win  this year's Fox Valley Literacy Trivia Bee</title><link>http://t.love.com/311119445</link><description><![CDATA["You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." 


Stumped? 


Then, chances are, you might have missed out on the sweet "taste" of success Saturday at the 10th annual Trivia Bee for Literacy in St. Charles. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 1:23:00</pubDate></item><item><title>This week's topic: My best birthday</title><link>http://t.love.com/311119293</link><description><![CDATA[My best birthday was when I was 8. 
We went to Miller Park. I had all my friends come. 
We had a rose cake. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 1:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl Scout cookie season in full swing</title><link>http://t.love.com/311114832</link><description><![CDATA[Lifetime Girl Scout Monica Soebbing was the first on Lexi Rath's list to get her Girl Scout cookies. 
The Hampshire woman ordered a dozen for a special delivery. 
She's sending the boxes of cookies to her daughter, Eliece, a staff sergeant with the Army Reserve currently deployed in Afghanistan. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 1:01:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Readers shed light on window cookies</title><link>http://t.love.com/311113601</link><description><![CDATA[Carloss F. Corum of Tampa wrote a few weeks back looking for a Stained-Glass Windows cookie recipe made with chocolate chips and colored miniature marshmallows. 
The dough is rolled in wax paper to form a log. 


Sally Sweatman of Tampa responded with a recipe for Church Window Cookies she cut from the Cleveland Plain Dealer in the late 1970s. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 0:50:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Parisian Par-tea</title><link>http://t.love.com/311109947</link><description><![CDATA[Chelsea welcomed her guests wearing an adorable aqua-colored multi layered cotton silk dress with a bow accent. 
Her outfit was especially designed and made by one of Manila's most sought-after young designers, Atelier Debbie Co. 

At Chelsea's Little Tea Shoppe, the kiddie guests were each provided a white apron with ruffles, chef's hat and a cupcake/cookie set. 


Baby Cakes' Kaye McDulley-Gempesaw and Maite I¤igo-Gempesaw taught the eager junior pastry chefs how to decorate their cupcakes and cookies wit]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 0:08:00</pubDate></item><item><title>The Lunch Break Chronicles</title><link>http://t.love.com/311103491</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://blog.ctnews.com/lunchbreak/files/2010/03/IMG_0194-620x465.jpg"><br>A mint It's-It a Pacific Standard in Brooklyn. 


Dusty piles of garbage blow through the streets just off of Atlantic and Flatbush in the heart of Brooklyn. 
It is the first day of spring, evidenced by all the pasty white skin seeing the light of day of the first time in months. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Peanut Butter Cookies!</title><link>http://t.love.com/311094089</link><description><![CDATA[Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl. 
Mix. 
Add baking soda and salt to flour. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:49:00</pubDate></item><item><title>JR Valrey/Haiti Report &amp; collection for Haiti</title><link>http://t.love.com/311093756</link><description><![CDATA[Sacramento Av., Berkeley....4 blocks north of Ashby Av......Community Room first floor. 
Wheel Chair Accessible. 
Street parking. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:44:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Olivers Candies Lends a Helping Hand to Batavia Assembly of God Girls Club</title><link>http://t.love.com/311070529</link><description><![CDATA[A special invitation was given to the Girls Club of Assembly of God to join in on the Easter Bunny day at Olivers Candies. 
The girls club is in the process of raising money to go to Camp Hill. The girls club held a hot dog sale. 
They had lots of help from their fellow friends and church members. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:43:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Good-For-You Blueberry Muffins</title><link>http://t.love.com/311061166</link><description><![CDATA[Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 400°F. Coat a 12-cup standard muffin pan with cooking spray. 


In a medium bowl, whisk both flours, the baking powder, salt, and baking soda. 


In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, and oil until the mixture is pale and slightly frothy. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:33:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ben &amp; Jerry's Names Jostein Solheim CEO</title><link>http://t.love.com/311059664</link><description><![CDATA[Jostein Solheim was appointed CEO of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and vice president global brand development, effective immediately. 


PRESS RELEASE: BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vermont's iconic ice cream makers, known for progressive social action as much as for the big chunks and swirls in their ice cream, announced their newest leader today from the home office. 


Jostein Solheim was appointed CEO of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and VP Global Brand Development, effective immediately. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:27:00</pubDate></item><item><title>White-Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries with Citrus Sugar</title><link>http://t.love.com/311037252</link><description><![CDATA[Line baking sheet with foil. 
Using fingertips, mix sugar and citrus peels in small bowl until sugar is moist. 
Stir chocolate in small bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water until melted and smooth. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>"Gum Confectionery in Portugal" Published</title><link>http://t.love.com/311035509</link><description><![CDATA[Datamonitor's Gum Confectionery in Portugal industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Gum Confectionery industry. 
It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information. 


The gum market consists of bubble gum, functional chewing gum, regular chewing gum and sugar free chewing gum. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:55:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Best of Orlando 2009 - Food and Drink</title><link>http://t.love.com/311035482</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.orlandoweekly.com/textbook/calendarwidget.jpg"><br>The cupcake trend is so over in L.A. and New York (doughnuts are the new thing, according to our informants), but you can rely on Orlando to cling to a trend well past its expiration date. 
Not past their expiration date are the fresh and delicious creations of Jeff Lambert's Blue Bird Bake Shop, like Lime in d'Coconut (tart lime-coconut cake with coconut buttercream icing, rolled in toasted coconut), Grasshopper (chocolate-chocolate-chip cake with crème de menthe icing, topped with chocolate shavings) and ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:55:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Russ Lemmon: 'The Ice Cream Man' gives her side of story</title><link>http://t.love.com/311034482</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.tcpalm.com/media/img/photos/2010/03/18/artshow_t120.jpg"><br>In this space last week, you'll recall, I wrote about someone who lives in a gated community calling the Indian River County Sheriff's Office on "The Ice Cream Man." I said it was a case of adults contributing to the loss of innocence in today's society. 


Bud says he pays "a considerable amount each year to live in a gated community," and the gate is there for a reason. 


Well, as much as I hate doing so, I'm going take on a Strike 2 from Bud. 

Turns out "The Ice Cream Man" in question is a woman. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:51:00</pubDate></item><item><title>This is the most important news story you will ever read</title><link>http://t.love.com/311031159</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.bitterwallet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/birdscustard.jpg"><br>Thanks to avid Bitterwallet reader The Couch for this, a news story of planet-shattering proportions . 
Admittedly it's now a year old, but such is the seriousness of the issue, you'll be grateful we brought it to your attention. 


By the way, if you begin reading it and expect to learn it's all an early April Fool, it never happens. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:29:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Chocolatier open for business in New Sudbury Centre</title><link>http://t.love.com/311013956</link><description><![CDATA[If chocolate is your passion, you are going to love what's open up on the fringe of the New Sudbury Centre food court. 


A Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise featuring a wide array of chocolate treats set up shop Friday. 


Owner Paul Berthiaume said he learned about the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory while travelling through Barrie and Vaughan Mills. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:37:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Teaneck mom who saved her home from foreclosure with a bake sale now has a new business selling "mortgage cakes"</title><link>http://t.love.com/311007258</link><description><![CDATA[Angela Logan did more than save her Teaneck home from foreclosure when she began a frenzy of apple peeling and baking last summer. 
The actress and mother of three laid the foundation for a new career. 


Eight months after selling enough "Mortgage Apple Cakes" to meet her house payment — and becoming a media celebrity in the process — the 56-year-old Logan is still pursuing acting. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:01:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Candy store gives presentations</title><link>http://t.love.com/310993587</link><description><![CDATA[Esther Price's chocolateir and food technologist will be on hand at its newest store in Bridgetown to explain how their distinctive chocolates, which have become a southern Ohio favorite, are made and can be part of a healthy diet. 


Esther Price, voted Ohio's Best Chocolate by Ohio Magazine in 2009, is hosting the presentations from 1-5 p.m. 
Saturday, March 27, at 5500 Harrison Ave., at the corner of Harrison Avenue and Race Road. 

Presentations will start at the top of each hour with plenty of chocolat]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:30:00</pubDate></item><item><title>PRODUCT: Callebaut Belgian Chocolate For Baking</title><link>http://t.love.com/310981809</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://blog.thenibble.com/wp-content/chocolate-box-230.jpg"><br>Barry Callebaut, the world's largest manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products and maker of some of the best Belgian chocolate, has made gourmet chocolate products previously available only to professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers. 


Now, the company's renowned milk, dark and marbled chocolate products are available at specialty food stores and fine grocers. 
The products are certified kosher by OK. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>'I impressed myself': Culinary school quotes of the week</title><link>http://t.love.com/310979752</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/mchihak/2010/03/17/Fontaine150x286.jpg"><br>"Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food." 
So says Michael Levine, a nutrition researcher. 
Yet, we hardly need that justification to devour what once was a religious potion, a gift to the gods, a drink only for royalty, even money. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:03:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fudgsicle 100 Calorie Ice Cream Bar</title><link>http://t.love.com/310979645</link><description><![CDATA[My mom eats a Fudgsicle bar every night for dessert, and she manages to keep any other sweet cravings at bay (within reason I should say). 
I decided to raid her supply and see if I would like these too. 
Turns out, as always, mom knows best because these are so good. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:02:00</pubDate></item><item><title>bakewell tart</title><link>http://t.love.com/310978004</link><description><![CDATA[Finely grind almonds and flour in processor. 
Mix in sugar, then butter, extract and orange zest. 
Blend until smooth. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:51:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cakes, Pies Face Off in Dessert Tourney</title><link>http://t.love.com/310977719</link><description><![CDATA["March Madness" is here - that time of year when rabid college basketball fans follow 32 of the nation's best teams fight it out for the glory of a national championship. 
Well, this year, March has brought another kind of madness. 
This time, for fans of dessert. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:49:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Senior at Salem County vo-tech wins chocolate competition</title><link>http://t.love.com/310942153</link><description><![CDATA[Miranda Hill, a shared-time senior from Mannington, was selected as the winner of the Salem County Career and Technical High School's annual Chocolate Competition on Thursday. 


Hill's creation entitled "Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion" was a chocolate cake with layers of chocolate mousse and peanut butter mousse covered with chocolate buttercream and ganache. 
She will represent the school in the Philadelphia Restaurant School's annual Chocolate Competition on March 27. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:36:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Make it: Decorating tools let your baked goods shine</title><link>http://t.love.com/310942009</link><description><![CDATA[Once you've seen one of those extreme cake shows where the bakers make seven-tiered wedding cakes dotted with science fiction characters and shaped like Yankee Stadium, you've just got to try your hand at a little decorating yourself. 
These tools can help you get your gum paste in place. 

» 33-piece cake decorating kit lets you make stars, flowers, ruffles and more. $17.02 at www.ablekitchen.com . 

» You've seen celebrity bakers handle the fondant. 
Now get a feel for the smooth cake covering yourself wi]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:36:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>