Posted by: Epicurean on: March 27, 2012
It’s all about the calories, my friend.
Posted by: Epicurean on: August 22, 2010
Triumphs of gluttony indeed! The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Scorning the table of drinks, he moved left towards that of the sweetmeats. Huge sorrel babas, Mont Blancs snowy with whipped cream, cakes speckled with white almonds and green pistachio nuts, hillocks of chocolate-covered pastry, brown and rich as the top soil of the [...]
Posted by: Epicurean on: August 9, 2010
… into its transparent and quivering flanks a spoon plunged with astounding ease …
Posted by: Epicurean on: July 26, 2010
The burnished gold of the crusts, the fragrance of the sugar and cinnamon they exuded, were but preludes to the delights released from the interior when the knife broke the crust
