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Dec 13, 2016 Frankfurt, Germany: A Winter Day In The City (2nd in a holiday series)

Previously in this series: Part 1: A Fairytale Christmas No matter where I am in Frankfurt, it feels…

Dec 8, 2016 Frankfurt, Germany: A Fairytale Christmas (1st in a holiday series)

Being in Germany at this time of year is like living a holiday fairytale. The biting cold, the punge…

Oct 5, 2016 Warung: A Meal Made For Nostalgia

I don’t have many restaurant experiences these days that are worth blogging about but we enjoy Warun…

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Oct 11, 2016 No-Guilt, No Egg, Easy Caesar Salad Dressing

When it comes to recreating healthier versions of food I like, I’ve learned that I can only suspend…

Oct 3, 2016 My Favorite Bean Salad

On Mondays, I eat extremely cleanly, bloated from the glorious excesses of the weekend. No guilt how…

Sep 28, 2016 Creamy Oatmeal With Chocolate Brownie Pudding

I thought long and hard about which recipe I’d put up first: A sweet or savory one? Breakfast or lun…

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Oct 20, 2016 Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundae

Oct 20, 2016 Ube Macapuno Purple Ombre Cake

Hi there, glad you found me!

I’m Lori Baltazar, a food writer with too many sweet teeth. I started Dessert Comes First (DCF) in May 2005. I tell my stories about food on this blog and through my photos, videos, and my book, also called Dessert Comes First, which came out in September 2013.