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Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Best Bubbly of 2011

It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close! As we get ready to welcome 2012, I can’t help but think back to all the delicious champagnes and sparkling wines I’ve enjoyed this year. Here’s some of the bubbly that I’d love to taste one more time as the calendar changes: NV Vouette et SorbÃ©e SaignÃ©e de SorbÃ©e I heard about this grower champagne house in the Aube from both Christine Dufault and Rajat Parr while interviewing them for a story this year. I was thrilled to get to taste the range at the Arlequin Champagne Tasting. Each of the wines had a singular quality; the Blanc de Argile is extremely lean and austere, while the SaignÃ©e de SorbÃ©e is a bold wine, extra-brut with flavors of plum, strawberry, minerals and smoke. About $88. NV Champagne Lanson Black Label I first tasted Champagne Lanson at the Grand Champagne…

December 31, 2011

Try These Girly Bling Rings Cupcakes

Just like fashions in sunglasses, automobiles and handbags, there are definite trends in desserts. The first dessert era I remember was age of tiramisu, followed by the crème brûlée epoque. Next came chocolate lava cakes, which oozed their way onto dessert menus everywhere and took their sweet time leaving. The latter half of the 2000s has been the Era of the Cupcake, when the homemade treat made by moms everywhere was re-imagined as a designer sweet with a 3-inch beehive of frosting and a $3 price tag. As a dessert trend, I think cupcakes are pretty 2008 (read over), but creative homemade cupcakes will never go out of style. I like borrowing some inspiration from designer cupcakes and adding them to the homemade ones. I remember being fascinated with Ring Pops as a kid and wanted to find a way to incorporate them in a girly cupcake. I baked white…

August 22, 2011