Pandan Ube Ice Cream Cake/TemptAsians

Lately, my toddler daughter has been playing a game on the PBS Kids Games app based around the cartoon “Jelly, Ben & Pogo.” I keep noticing that halo-halo is one…

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Carrot Cake/Hangar 54

Easter approaches, and around this time of year, bunny imagery appears. In the dessert realm, that might be associated with candy eggs (Cadburys…mmmm…) but for a local touch, let’s go…

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Sour Cream Raisin Pie/Norske Nook

This post is for Ï€ Day — March 14th. So, of course, I have to write about Ï€– er, I mean, pie. And, if I’m gonna write about pie, let’s go…

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Coffee Cake/Cabin Coffee

Guest blog time! For this edition of Dessert Valley, Wisconsin, I decided to lead with a few words from my fellow on-air personality, Dan Kasper, who you may know from…

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Cinnamon Roll/Mom’s Kitchen

The first image you see when you go to the menu at the Mom’s Kitchen menu page on their website is a cinnamon roll. Having never made my way up…

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Cheesecake Egg Rolls/Egg Rolls And More

One of my fellow DJs here at the Mid-West Family Eau Claire group of radio stations — Teri Ryan — told me a couple years ago about a friend of…

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Concha/La Norteñita

If you know where to look, there are little bakeries all over the Eau Claire area. By these, I refer to the ones that churn out muffins and loaves of…

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Shakes/Chippewa Family Restaurant

Good ol’ comfort food. It’s something practically everyone likes, yet, the best type in a restaurant is often found in local establishments. You can probably think of several in the…

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Cranberry Bar/Cottage Forged Baking

The wildly colored building on Cameron just easy of Clairemont has an interesting history. My first time there was in the summer of 2008 — not to eat or drink,…

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