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Besides garnishing lobster stew, tomalley croutons can be served as an hors d’oeuvre or if you wish to elaborate, as a topping for crostini or pizza. Lobster tomalley can be purchased separately from most lobster dealers. It is inexpensive and tasty.

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Marcel Desaulniers, owner of The Trellis in Williamsburg, Virginia, is known as a master of chocolate. This recipe shows why.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.

INGREDIENTS
for cake
2cups all purpose flour
1 1/2teaspoons baking soda
1/2teaspoon salt
1cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 2/3cups [...]

Makes 6 servings.

INGREDIENTS
pastry layers
117.3-ounce package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
2tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
6teaspoons sugarcaramel sauce and mousse
3tablespoons plus 3/4 cup water
1envelope unflavored gelatin2 3/4cups sugar
2tablespoons light corn syrup
1 3/4cups whipping cream, room temperature
1/2cup (1 stick) [...]

Elegant dessert cups from Senses Bakery in Washington, D.C.

Makes 6 servings.

INGREDIENTS
for phyllo cups
9phyllo pastry sheets (each about 17×13 inches), stacked and
halved crosswise, forming eighteen
8 1/2×13-inch rectangles
1/2cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

8 tablespoons (about) sugarfor vanilla [...]

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

INGREDIENTS
114 1/2-ounce can low-salt chicken broth
2tablespoons whole black peppercorns
1/4cup brandy
1/2cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
2tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1tablespoon chopped shallot
1teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 2pounds small red-skinned new potatoes
2green onions, thinly sliced
DIRECTIONS
Combine broth and [...]