Tuesday, September 04, 2001


spent the holiday weekend eating dessert, specifically variations of warm chocolate cake.

the best has to go to vicki wells, of french culinary institute fame, who makes amazing delights for the mesa grill. as a long time non-fan of bobby flay as a tv personality, i have to confess that he can design a menu. and he certainly knows who to hire as a pastry chef.

the wells cake was light, with a rich, dark slightly bitter taste. the molten center was a bath in a chocolate jacuzzi. wells is famed for her innovative ice-creams, and the cake came with a nice dulche de leche gelato. on the ice cream front, however, i thought the roasted banana sorbet that came with the chocolate napoleon was genius.

the most interesting of wells' recipes on the net is her warm chocolate cake with coconut. it's on my must-make list now, esp. since mr. right has requested it...

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