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...Chocolate Crème with Caramelized Banana, Bacon and Burnt Milk Ice Cream Recipe courtesy of Chef Ramon Perez of Los Angeles' Sona...
...Brioche Bread Pudding Recipe courtesy of pastry chef Vera Tong of New York City's Dovetail...
...trend probably started in 2006, when molecular gastronomist Heston Blumenthal began dazzling deep-pocketed diners at the U.K.'s Fat Duck with bacon-and-egg ice cream. (That same year, when two contestants whipped up bacon ice cream on Bravo's Top Chef, Tom Colicchio turned to his fellow judges and wondered how long until Ben & Jerry's came out with one.) But the real mass-market shift started two summers ago, when Vosges Haut-Chocolat put out the $7.50 Mo's Bacon Bar. "I was a vegetarian at the time," says owner Katrina Markoff, who trained at Le Cordon...
...more famous pastry chefs get their own restaurants, ingredients that had been on one side of the menu are showing up on the other. And some chefs are starting to branch out from bacon and put other meats in sweets. José Andrés of Washington's Minibar and Los Angeles' Bazaar serves foie gras surrounded by cotton candy. Ramon Perez, the pastry chef at L.A.'s Sona, added shrimp to his salted caramels for a sweet brininess--and a fear-factor thrill. Perez, who also serves apple lasagna with crispy bacon, is delighted by the mainstreaming of meat for dessert...
...meals have been offered only on weekdays, but this time around, they're available Sunday too. Now's your chance to try Kobe steak at Megu, the famed black cod with miso sauce at Nobu or any number of other delectable dishes at 250 participating restaurants, such as star chef Daniel Boulud's Bar Boulud or Mario Batali's Del Posto. Restaurant Week actually lasts for two weeks: Jan. 18 to 23, and Jan. 25 to 30. (See 10 things to do in New York City...