In the kitchen with Elise

An absolutely amazing dessert layered with moist tres leches cake, cream and fresh strawberries. I learned this recipe from a friend Mayela, who in turn got it from the website below.  An amazing recipe, very easy to make and extremely mouth watering : - )  Take a look http://ameessavorydish.com/strawberry-tres-leches-trifle/

This is an excellent dessert, well known in the Brazilian culture. Really easy to make, all you do is blend 3 ingredients in the blender. Normally every time that I've had this dessert, it was with something called 'creme de cassis' but this is often hard to find. I found an excellent substitution that when lightly drizzled on top tastes the exact same. Delicious. This dessert can be quite expensive. Fogo De chao Brazilian restaurant here in New York sales it for a whopping $11.50... But this dessert can be made at home for about $3 max. Look at how easy and delicious. Papaya Cream Servings: 4 Servings Prep Time: 2 minutes Total time: 5 Minutes Ingredients 1 Medium Papaya 2 cups vanilla ice cream 1/2 tsp honey Peel and cut your papaya in large cubes ( removing all black seeds). Throw it in a blender along with your  ice cream. Blend for about 3 minutes on high and until it is all well blended and very creamy. Once you are done blending, pour into your ser...

The other day my husband and I put together this list of our top 10 best picks of restaurants around the world.  (Obviously we have not been to every part of the world  and have certainly not eaten at every single restaurant that exists. But we have had our fair share of restaurant dining.) Here are our top picks. If you are in any of these areas, you should definitely stop by and try these dishes. Absolutely amazing food. Top 10 best restaurants in the world: 1- Salk Lick- Austin Texas : If you just walk into this place and have a look at the grill, and how they do their bar b que, you will understand why they are number one. And the sauce… omg the sauce is amazing. It’s so good, they ship it all over the country! Try the turkey and the brisket if you want a mouth watering bar b que experience. 2- Fogo de Chao- Sao Paulo, Brazil: Well for starters, the service in all of the locations that I have visted was surperb! These guys know how to keep a customer comi...