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...favorites. The desserts are disguised as “Maura’s Homemade Ice Cream,” where each ice cream is paired with a more substantial complement. The subtly flavored maple sugar semifreddo ($8), an icy, custardy frozen confection, is accompanied by a good but very sweet cranberry tartlet and an unfortunately small dollop of spiced cranberry sorbet that in one mouthful (that’s all there is of it) contains all the sweet things of Thanksgiving. The dessert is light and refreshing, and yet allows one all the sinful pleasure of dessert three times over...
...dough into two balls and place in the refrigerator. Melt the butter in a wide, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Pile in the onions with 1 1/2 tsp. salt, stirring as the onions cook down. Carmelize onions, cooking them until they are completely soft, darkened in color, and sweet. Season with the crème de cassis, vinegar, salt, and fresh ground pepper to taste. Beat the eggs into the chevre, then beat in the salt, nutmeg, and pepper...
...very scared,” he confesses. After sampling the beverage, Meyers suggests boiling the mead next time. “That would give you a slightly clearer product in the long run,” he tells Dodd. “It’s a little too sweet for my taste...It’s hard to detect there’s any alcohol on it.” DeBisschop is hopeful: “This would really benefit from controlled fermentation—flavors can get out of hand pretty quickly.” He adds...
...judges are visibly impressed with the cider. “Sweet, very fresh, tasty and juicy,” says DeBisschop. Morange mentions that most of the apples in the cider were Granny Smiths, but two other kinds of apples were used. Meyers confirms what Morange had suspected earlier—that he probably bottled too early. Still, he declares it “pretty commendable” and notes a “nice apple aroma” and a “good balance of sweetness and tart apple skin.” One of the judges scribbles...
...Bill Donovan, a retired union-worker and a dedicated Romney volunteer, last night was the sweet victory for the hours he had spent stumping for Romney. He sported 13 pins and stickers and a hard hat— “It keeps Democrats from hitting me on the head," he said...