Got Dessert???

[Rosie]

Great article in NJ section of the Sunday NY Times by David Corcoran and Karla Cook highlighting desserts served in NJ restaurants. I was thrilled to see so may food articles in The NJ Sunday section. Marge Perry also wrote a very interesting article about a cheese maker in Vernon. John Foy has an article about top restaurateurs in the state and there is an article about culinary students in Newark.

So--what are some of your favorite desserts and where are they served?

[tchorst]

I'm new here, so I'll start..........

I'm an ice cream freak.

Some of my favs:

pumpkin

peanut butter

banana white chocolate

butterscotch

creme fraiche

cinnamon apple jack

Oh ......and Paul Conners' Candy Cap mushroom which I just had today

[Rosie]

Where do you go in New Jersey for ice cream? I like Thomas Sweet.

[Kim WB]

I'm a tira misu kind of gal...or anything with a banana/choc /caramel combo, or mocha...I like the tiramisu at Diamond's in Trenton, the real deal, not an "interprettation"...though I don't mind them, and which I usually order and enjoy at other rests, because I simply love the flavor combinations. But I prefer the very authentic kind. Rats has had on past menus a wonderful tasting and spectacularly visual Banana dessert, plus great great great creme brulees.

As an interesting note, I could not eat a raw banana if you paid me..ugh...and don't drink coffee, either..yet mocha, banana...these desserts are always my first choice. What is THAT about???

Ice cream is not a favorite, though Springer's in Stone Harbor has a banana chocolate ribbon flavor...my dad who adores the stuff is a big Thomas Sweet Fan, too...and while I would not trust his opinion on most things culinary, on this I trust his judgement!

[tchorst]

I've never had Thomas Sweet. where is that located?

My time is limited, so I pretty much just end up just eating my own ice cream. Which might be considered a hazard of the trade ..... I'm the Pastry Chef at the Stage House restaurant and wine bar....

[Rosie]

Well--now I'm impressed!

Thomas Sweet is in New Brunswick.

[tchorst]

thanks for the info, I'll have to find the time to go check them out!