Desserts

“One of the life's great pleasures is finish off a meal with one of the tantalizing desserts.”

It’s true. It’s really great if we can have a tasty and delicious dessert after main dishes. Here I want to make some introduction about the variety of desserts in the world.

French dessert
Cooking in France is almost an art form, and saves for the few international fast food chains. The French believe that a meal should be savored rather than simply eaten and this is in fact one distinct difference between American and French Cultures.

French desserts are one of the famous desserts in the world due to the “perfect garnishing, texture and color” French desserts, in general are:

Light and fluffy: Many French desserts, such as Meringue (蛋白糖饼) and Mousse (奶油甜點) are whipped to the point that they incorporate a fair amount of air.

Layered: Cakes such as Dacquoise (蛋白酥皮奶油卷筒) and mille fFuilles (千層糕) have several layers that all must be prepared separately.

Flaky: French pastry, which perhaps is what you think of when you think of French sweets, typically uses a lot of butter which makes the pastry very flaky.

Rich and creamy: While the French are not the first to work with custards, they have definitely taken them to new heights. Crème Brûlée (焦糖燉蛋), which literally means burnt cream, along with the distinctive choux à la crème (as well as a few others), are simply divine.

Long and complicated: Compared to American cuisine, most French desserts will take you several hours to complete and are made in a series of stages.

Attention to detail: Actually, attention to detail is something that could describe French cuisine in general, but certainly desserts are no exception. Everything is important -- from the main component of the dessert to the fine garnish and presentation.

Japanese dessert


The Japanese sweets are a great way to include Green Tea-Matcha in everyday food. There is evidence that Green Tea contains the highest levels of polyphenols comparing to other kinds of tea – that's the antioxidant that is believed to provide anti-cancer qualities. Green tea has even been found to help weight loss.

Italian dessert

Italy with its diverse variety of regional cuisines is popular all over the world for its delicious Italian Pasta, Italian Pizza, Italian Desserts and Italian Mozzarella. In Italy, it is said that no meal is complete without desserts. Italian desserts are prepared in various ways. Italian desserts are famous for its varied delicacies as well as its rich ingredients. There are different types of Italian dessert dishes. Italian love to relish desserts at several times of the day.

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In restaurants around France, in culinary magazines and everywhere good food is served these days you’ll find verrines. This word comes from verre, or glass in French, and indeed, that’s the idea: rather than serving an appetizer or a dessert on a plate or bowl, it’s served in a glass.

This means that the various elements of the dish are layered, somehow like an Italian tiramisu or English trifle. Dip your spoon in the verrine and you’ll discover the different tastes and textures of the dish.

Trendy chefs have come up with deconstructed versions of classic dishes where the ingredients are layered rather than combined in the regular fashion. Imagine for instance a banana split verrine.

One of the reasons why verrines have become so popular is because they look fabulous and yet are often very easy to make. You can often make them early and keep them in the fridge, so it’s perfect for dinner parties: make the verrines earlier in the day and don’t think about them until your guests sit down to eat, so you spend more time with them and less time in the kitchen when the party is in cocktail mode.