Holiday Desserts in Pictures

 In December, much of the world sees things the way I do. Artistic cakes, cookies, snow globes, chocolates, and vividly wrapped confections fill shop windows, screens, and billboards.  They are everywhere. For over 17 years, I have explored the pastry arts, sometimes as a chef and sometimes as a gypsy traveler hoping to capture in ...

Drum Beat to Budapest

Can a person be in love with a cake?  I think I am in love with the Dobos Torte - a rich, multi-layer stack of brandy-drizzled almond cake filled with chocolate buttercream and topped with distinctive caramel wedges. Dobos Torte (or "Dobos Torta") and I have a long relationship. I have made it for my birthday ...