Hokey Pokey is really inventive re: combining flavors, often adding creamy elements to tart sorbet bases (or vice versa).
Their Indian mango / coconut / black sesame is a great example, or passionfruit & white chocolate. One of my favorite remains donut peach / marzipan / Riesling.
I will miss this place. A LOT 
Does that ever have my name on it.
Red currants and strawberry tart, lightly sweetened ricotta filling. The crust was frozen in the tart tin and blind baked from frozen with release foil and sugar as the weight to keep it from puffing up. PDG I have some figs that will receive the same treatment.
Beautiful
Thank you, I love the tartness of currants.
I wasn’t going to post yet another ekmek kadaifi pic (our dessert late last night), instead I bring you one last ice cream hurrah from our favorite purveyor:
Coconut / mango / black sesame, and white chocolate / salted pistachios / caramel. Bomb.
and repeat at least 5x. Yowza!
Mrs. P made a refreshing dessert of fresh strawberries, blueberries, basil, over whipped ricotta and honey, with a balsamic drizzle.
A dear family friend who’s essentially a (non-spiritual, non-mafioso) godfather figure to my brother and me has a milestone birthday, which we with an Italian chocolate almond torte ([baked l…by me](https://43yxyx.com/t/what-%3C/a%3E%3Cbr%3E
are-you-baking-july-2024/39567/262?u=caitlinm))…
And a fancy and delicious “lemon bliss” cake from a local bakery, with layers of lemon cake, mousse, and curd, and lemon Italian buttercream icing…
And not pictured, a big bowl of farmers’ market strawberries.
Wow! That chocolate almond tarte is a piece of art! What are the little stars — white chocolate? Ima sucker for stars anything 
They’re just sugary gold sprinkles, purely for looks, no real flavor.
Ah. Just like my jewelry, then 
Maybe if those candy necklaces came in a gold version…
Silver only for me.
Me too, gold on my cakes, silver on my body.=.
That sounds like a good start for a jewelry & food-themed song!
All that needs is more straaaawberry. Driscoll’s has its place, but they just can’t hold a candle to the real.
David is a lucky man.
