Our companions also enjoy quality desserts. Why give them inferior products if you can get an item that will be best for them in the long run? You can invite other canine companions to the party. Desserts By Boga makes cake that the dog can eat and delight in it. 
As for me I remember that we used to have these huge meals that were prepared during Christmas time. My Dad took care of many children, nine of us (his children) and cousins. There was a time that we were 40 children in the house. My mother will pull out the china and all of us sat down in our special dinning room that was remodeled to accommodate all the kids. My Dad was buying a whole cow every two weeks. But on Christmas day we had fish, pondu, rice, fufu, fried plantain, chicken, duck, potato, beans. For desserts we had beignets, gateau (vanilla cake). We didn’t have to many gifts (presents), yet we celebrated by being thankful for the birth of Christ, and enjoyed great food. Each of us had an opportunity to tell stories in front of everybody. Later on I realized that we were practicing the art of public speaking. We had wonderful time growing up!
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The term "comfort food" (first used, according to Webster's Dictionary, in 1977) refers to foods consumed to achieve some level of improved emotional status, whether to relieve negative psychological affect or to increase positive.[1] More generally, comfort food can be defined as food that brings some form or measure of comfort, sense of well-being, or easy satisfaction. Such food choices may consist of the simple and familiar. Dishes may be warm and filling such as a dish made with a staple food, or basically pleasing such as sweets or desserts. Some definitions suggest that home-prepared dishes are most typical,[2] or consumed in informal restaurants, but according to Wansink and Sangerman, Americans tend to select prepared foods and fast food for comfort uses, with ice cream, potato chips and chocolate ranking near the top. However, the term is meaningful not as a list of particular items, which will vary considerably from individual to individual, as well as culturally and by situation and emotional trigger, but as a psychological category of behavior.
My sister Beatrice is the one who was the specialist in the house when it came to making pastry treats. My mom believed that boys and girls MUST learn how to cook so that they can survive on their own without being forced into a situation because of hunger. So we all had our turn and a day of cooking for the family. I was enjoying my sister Beatrice’s day because she used to always make something new for us, and told us where that item was most eaten (Italy, Belgium, ….) Now that we are all married and living in different countries, when we talk on the phone we still relating to each other in a way that brings us closer and our spouses have joined in. Aime, my brother-in-law, likes to talk about wine. So when we visit them in Italy, he will take us places to taste the best wines in the country. His job have him travel all over the world studying the production of wine. In my family we love good food, and we talk about it. For me to eat bananas and peanuts is comforting. I can finish 25 pounds of bananas in one sitting while watching a football game (I mean soccer game). Once a year my mom Olive, mother-in-law, makes for Christmas a dish that involves grapefruit and shrimp. We all look forward to this treat. My sister -in-law Alua make the beignet filled with filling and Belgium waffles. My wife, Jacqueline, likes to make Pondu: It's a cassava leaves dish. I grew up eating Pondu. There are tons of recipes of making Pondu and all taste different.
I met with friends who were talking about their experiences regarding desserts that they had that came from different retailers. One of them was saying that every time she is invited to an event and they offer cakes, she always has to remove the frosting because its taste is like an artificial paste and it is too sugary. And she continued by saying that the sponge cake it self is dry and you have to have a drink to get it down your throat. So I decide to give them a taste of how the desserts using fresh and quality ingredients are suppose to taste. You don’t have to subject your guests to a poor quality product. Try to find a reputable pastry chef (or a baker) and place your order with him/her.
How do you go about and pick a pastry chef who will make your wedding cake? Most of the people get referral through friends and family. But what if you don’t have anybody close to you who can assist you with that choice, what do you do then? Please find here some helpful hints: First you have to make up your mind for what your wedding cake will look like and the taste that will please you and satisfy your guests.
Once you have determined a pastry chef or baker who is available, don't be afraid to talk money. You don't want to waste your time talking to someone who is going to be completely out of your budget. But also remember that if several bakers are in the same range, and others are severely lower, there may be some quality issues to consider. Once you talk to someone you like, book your tasting and initial consultation. Remember because there is freshly prepared product involved, please keep your appointment or cancel within 24 hours.
Ask about a FLAT FEE per serving, so that there are no additional charges for every little thing. NO SURPRISES. Any extra charge should come in the form of flowers or cake topper. This should be clearly specified at the beginning. Get everything in writing! Inquire when your cakes will be baked. It is not a good idea to have cakes to sit in the freezers for more than a week. (Cakes have to be frozen to properly ice.) Find out when your cakes will be iced and decorated. Cakes are technically ‘sealed’ when iced. But you don’t want your cake sitting in the shop for days prior to your wedding. They still get a rather ‘old’ taste after sitting out for more than a day or so. The freshest cakes are iced the day before your wedding. Will the baker deliver AND set up the cake…or just drop it off? Do they deliver the tiers individually? Or already stacked? After all, your baker knows exactly what you want and how it should look upon completion. And if there’s an accident in setting it up, your baker has the tools to fix any problem that may arise. Lastly, remember that you get what you pay for! Don’t skimp on the masterpiece that will be an integral part of your reception. The bottom line is that you’ll have to look at it in pictures for years to come.
Wednesday night I came from work around midnight and started to work on this cake. It is a 18" yellow cake that has butter cream as icing and raspberry filling. I used the basket weave design to represent the basket that the first settlers were using to put gift for one another way back in the 16 century. 
There was a time I used to purchase cakes for family events and special occasions (I was too tired to come home and make a cake from scratch). Then one day I decided to surprise my mother and made a cake for her after a long day of work. When she tasted it, she looked at me and said, “Where did you get this cake? It is way better than the ones that you usually get for me.” She didn’t have to say anything else after that, I just knew that the time of purchasing cakes for my mom was gone; it was the beginning of desserts made with love just for a special person “MOM”.
Isn’t it funny the way most of us talk about our mother more than our father? Yes, I make cakes for Dad too and he really loves them. But there is a special bond that exists between children and their mothers that only God created. Father’s Day came and went, you didn’t hear that much talk about it through the media or just people among themselves. Is it because us men, we are “macho?” or is it just the way our world tries to recognize the special place women have in our lives? You will see in many families that most people have longer and deeper conversations with their moms more then to their dads. Do you remember last Mother’s Day? What a question, probably nobody can forget it! People were talking about it two or more months before and you had to have a reservation if you wanted a seat in a restaurant -- or you had the option of waiting for hours before your family was seated.
Mother's Day is truly special, and in my personal opinion women should be treated with high regard. Our society as a whole should go back to the system that used to exist in biblical times when there used to be a “college” of older mature women that had the role of training the younger women about life. Today, everything is just fast, “rapido”, and in a hurry and, unfortunately, no time is given to training. Yet, we still need to have married women who will be able to handle life in the 20th century so that they will be helpmates to their husbands, and we still need single women to carry themselves with such grace that men have no choice but to be gentlemen towards them. Mother's Day is the day that we honor our mothers, but it should also be a reminder that older women should mentor younger women.
I enjoy making pastries for special people, especially for Mother's Day, and I thank God that by His grace I am surrounded by them -- God bless all the Mothers!
What a weekend this 4th of July was for us! For you to understand what just happened I have to take you back many years. I don’t want to trouble you with the details but I can tell you this: In 2000 my wife and I went to CLC (that became our church) in Gaithersburg and after the service at the guests reception Patrick Ryan welcomed us. From that moment forward this godly man has been our friend and prayer partner. So when he asked me to pray for him as he was seeking God’s guidance as to propose to Norma, I started to pray along side with other prayer warrior from the church. Then the time came when Patrick proposed to Norma and she said yes. At that moment I told Patrick that I was going to make his wedding cake. As the time was going by and we were coming closer and closer to the wedding date, many things had to be done. I volunteer to paint their houses (my mom got all her children trained to do handy work-- like painting, sewing, building houses--). Since he knew that I am also a photographer, Patrick asked me to take pictures for his wedding as the main photographer.
300 people were invited to the wedding, so I had to make enough cake to satisfy all guests. The wedding date was July 3rd 2010 at 1 PM, but I had to be at the church at 11 AM for picture taking. As I was getting things together to make the cakes, another friend Steve came to me and asked if I can make a birthday cake for his son who was turning 14 on July 4th. Early this year I made a cake for Jane (Steve’s wife) and their son told them that on his birthday he would like for me to make him a cake. So when I was asked, I couldn’t no, so I said yes. How can you turn down a young adult’s request?
To put things in perspective, just imagine that I work every day 10 hours. Making these cakes was a labor of love, I had a wonderful time making them sleeping only for couple hours. For me these two families (and many others) have been there for my family in prayer and other ways. The lack of sleep or my feet hurting for standing for a long period of time was worth it, because of the honor and opportunity to give back to those you love. You cannot put a price to that.
The way I look at life is that God gave me gifts and talents: I try to use them to bless those that come on my path. After the wedding many guests came to me and wanted my business card. They were saying: “the cake was delicious-- I had a small piece then wanted more and went for seconds-- One lady said that she sent her husband twice to get her a piece and the second time she asked him to get her the biggest piece available".
On Sunday Steve’s son came with his dad to pick up the cake, he was surprised to see that I made him a cake decorated with a red electrical guitar just like the one he got for his last birthday. I never saw a young man so joyful like him for his birthday cake. I thank God for the opportunity to serve.
