Korova Cookies

March 31st, 2008  | Category: Baked Goods, Chocolate, Cookies

Korova Cookies

Today, Cafe Fernando turns two years old and I would just die if I don’t mark this occasion with my most favorite cookies of all time: Korova Cookies.

These cookies made their debut in “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops” by Dorie Greenspan. There is another very impressive person behind the recipe - the man Vogue magazine once called “The Picasso of Pastry.” No, it’s not David Lebovitz (he is the Monet). It’s Pierre Herme.

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Coffee Hazelnut Cookies

December 04th, 2007  | Category: Baked Goods, Cookies

Hazelnut Coffee Cookie

This is the first recipe I tried from Alice Medrich’s new book Pure Dessert. The book is full of simple and delicious recipes that focus on pure flavor. That is also evident from the way the book is organized… The recipes are categorized by ingredients rather than dessert types.

No fancy frostings, no overpowering ingredients clashing… just a few ingredients that work wonders.

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Chocolate and Hazelnut Biscotti

November 19th, 2007  | Category: Baked Goods, Chocolate, Cookies

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti

About a year ago, I used to bake 10-20 batches of biscotti per week (I didn’t eat them all). Then I started having biscotti nightmares. Logs sticking to my hands.. Flour everywhere. Chop, chop, chop… Bake and slice and bake and slice…

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