Category: Donna Does Desserts

May 13 2011

Best Youtube dog of 2011!

Found on Facebook. I rarely click on videos, find most of them uninteresting, but I clicked on this one, and am I glad I did! It's only just over a minute, which is also sweet. Clever. I think the OP on Youtube calls it the Ultimate Tease. It is! Here's my promise to you: if you don't ...

Jul 30 2010

Seeing double at the ice cream bar.

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For Illustration Friday, subject is: double. Which is what you'll become if you eat too many of these. My friend Candy (her real name) says the reason ice cream sundaes are so good is that they combine the hot sauce with the cold ice cream. I had never thought of that combination as the key factor, ...

Dec 03 2008

Trader Joe’s does it again. Bad pie, TJ.

Picture of homemade pie. You would think that with a title of (take deep breath) Trader Joe's Chocolate Pumpkin Pecan Praline Tart, how could they miss, right? Nice cheerful orange label with chocolate dots, attractive looking pie. But I won't make you wait until the end of the review: thumbs down. What is the difference between tart ...

Nov 20 2008

I have a big carbon footprint when I make toast.

I don't like white bread anymore. Only grainy or dark bread or bread of substance. I like my bagels and English muffins  and crumpets to be grainy, too! I also don't like toasters. Too slow. Or toaster ovens. (What is the point of them again? I think I'm going to toss mine.) Microwave is fast, but where's the ...

Oct 10 2008

Giant ice cream sundae.

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For Illustration Friday, the subject was: "sugary." I've always hated to follow directions, and the sound of this word sets my teeth on end, anyway. I've never liked sugar as a topping, not even confectioners' sugar. But I do like jimmies! Out here they call them sprinkles. I prefer all chocolate. I found a whole forum ...

Oct 02 2008

A good chocolate man.

This is part of the original post. The cartoon and the rest of it are now on my chocolate blog. There was a sad obit in the LA Times this weekend: Robert Steinberg, who founded Scharffen Berger chocolate, passed away. Here's a review at Chocolate Obsession that compares one of their bars to wine. This reviewer at ...

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