Cooking is Like Fashion

Trends come and go in the kitchen, just like dresses and shoes on the runway. The current trend, which seems to be one of the longest cooking trends of the 21st Century, is "healthy cooking."  Although we both agree, healthy cooking should never be considered a trend, but rather a way of life. One cannot argue the amount of products that have manifested in the name of healthy foods over this last decade alone. Simple salads and bowls of fruit are sometimes acknowledged as too plain.

But all this eating of chia and acai, which sounds more like an infomercial then a food product, seems to be forgotten when walking by a window graced with an exquisite French pastry shouting, "eat me, eat me!" Ah ha, thought you'd agree too.

Case in point. We traveled to La Jolla, California with our girlfriends, Donna and Susan, for a little resale-retail therapy. By the way, La Jolla has some impressive resale shops. We were *absotively bedazzled. As we made our way down the avenue, feeling like we needed to charge our shopping batteries, we noticed a little bakery called, Michele Coulon Dessertier. Without pause, we entered and much to our delight were conveniently drawn to the front case, which was filled with magnificent and enchanting cakes.

Our target, Almond Cake with Apricot Filling and Golden Pink Raspberry Cream Frosting. $9.00 for a slice big enough to indulge all four of us. Cough! Cough!, um, well, it was worth it, and was as enticing as it sounds. The combination of almond cake with the apricot and raspberry were purrrrrrfectly balanced.  So with full submission to our appetites, we politely devoured the cake. Our forks, left resting on the plate as if they had just fought a food battle boisterous enough for any dessert infantry, were an indication of our happiness.

So even though the "healthy eating" trend is most certainly here to stay, go ahead and eat your cake too!
E.A.T.'s  own Almond Apricot Raspberry Cake 

*absotively; 
 another way to say,  absolutely.