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The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savory, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. The croustade, crostata, galette, tarte tatin and turnovers are various types of pies and tarts. Flan, in Britain, is an open pastry or sponge case containing a sweet or savory filling.
A Swiss pastry made of chocolate, usually found in the French part of Switzerland. ChaSan. China (Huai'an) A traditional Chinese pastry that is popular in Jiangsu Province, China, and especially in Huai'an, a historic city which is considered as the home of Chasan. Chatti Pathiri.
Amandine. Romania. A chocolate layered cake filled with chocolate, caramel and fondant cream. Amygdalopita. Greece. An almond cake made with ground almonds, flour, butter, egg and pastry cream. Angel cake. United Kingdom [1] A type of layered sponge cake, often garnished with cream and food coloring.
Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company in Minneapolis owned by Clinton Odell. The company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as having come "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma " (hence its name). [1] Sales were sparse, and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product with wider ...
Mille-feuille. A mille-feuille (French: [mil fœj]; lit. 'thousand-sheets'), [notes 1] also known by the names Napoleon in North America, [1][2] vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice, is a French dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. Its modern form was influenced by improvements made by Marie-Antoine Carême.
Crème brûlée. Crème brûlée or crème brulée (/ ˌkrɛm bruːˈleɪ /; French: [kʁɛm bʁy.le]), also known as burnt cream or Trinity cream, [1] and virtually identical to crema catalana, [2] is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. It is normally served slightly chilled; the heat ...
Rex Parker. Michael David Sharp (born November 26, 1969), known by the pseudonym Rex Parker, is an American blogger known for writing about the New York Times crossword puzzle on his blog, Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle. Outside of crosswords, Sharp teaches English at Binghamton University in New York.
Baked Alaska. Baked Alaska, also known as Bombe Alaska, omelette norvégienne, omelette surprise, or omelette sibérienne depending on the country, is a dessert consisting of ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish, lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding, and topped with ...