Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Foods Flytes of Fluffy Stuff
Posted by Carrington Fox on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:34 AM
This week's dining review features Flyte World Dining & Wine, which, like a fine wine, appears to be improving with age.
Of all the flights of fancy on my recent visit, one soared above the rest: Hot Smoked Cocoa. Pastry chef Erica Waksmunski smokes the cocoa powder, which infuses the thick warm drink with the woodsy smell of a campfire among the pines. Served with a bruleed fluff of housemade marshmallow and housemade Graham crackers, the s'mores-inspired dessert is my idea of roughing it.
Meanwhile, homemade marshmallows are popping up everywhere, from the pink marshmallow on the beet salad at Flyte to the sweet potato ice cream dessert at Five Senses. (By the way, that Murfreesboro restaurant is the subject of the upcoming dining review.) Where else have you found homemade marshmallows worth talking about?
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Has anyone tried the delicious-looking kosher marshmallows they sell at Whole Foods? Made with fish gelatin.
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Margot Cafe and Marche have great homemade marshmellows in their delicious hot chocolate.
Martha Stewart has a great homemade marshmallow recipe. And Dana, I think I may have blogged about those kosher marshmallows last year. The texture is different -- a little grainier. But they would work just the same in cooking.
Provence at the Hill Center in Green Hills has hand made marshmallows in peppermint (pink swirl) Vanilla and chocolate coconut. They serve them with their "chocolat chaud" or by themselves. They're awesome.
Dana and Nicki, I was put off by the graininess of the kosher marshmallows. Also a little put off by the thought of fish gelatin....or cow or pig gelatin for that matter....let's just not talk about it.
I second G.H.W.O.G.'s Provence nod. I've only tried the vanilla marshmallow in the Oive & Sinclair hot chocolate, and it was divine! I'm intrigued by the chocolate with toasted coconut.
