I am currently in the thick of putting together our third annual House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year at Rockefeller Center this July. Each year, seeing this amazingly beautiful building pop up practically overnight, like a mushroom after a rain, is incredibly exciting. A showcase for stunning kitchen design, original gourmet recipes and famous desserts.
As if the drama of the 1,000 sq. ft. kitchen — fully functioning mind you — wasn't enough, its arrival is heralded by enormous, three-story-high banners hanging off the facade of 30 Rock. In addition to announcing the designer, who this year is Jeff Lewis, star of "Flipping Out" on Bravo, we include other images of kitchen design and summer food.
What to make? Informed that Jeff's favorite summer dessert is flan, flan it was this weekend. With some snazzy bits of coconut inside, surrounded by tender fresh fruits, just lovely.
I've usually been more of a creme brûlé man myself, though after this Flan de Coco from my friend Mary Urrutia Randelman's Memories of Cuban Kitchen, consider me a convert. I never did get one of those mini blow torches to brûlé la creme, so it's just as well to add this to my repertoire. The versatility is a bonus as you may served them singly, as seen here, or you can also envision a small army of these gorgeous babies sitting in their puddles of caramel sauce and berries for a summer buffet. Despite their dainty quivers, they are surprisingly durable.
The first strawberries came to the farm stand this weekend so I put my trusty Stem Gem (click for video) and decorative slicer to good use. In another exciting development I gave my new OXO mango slicer (see video) a whirl, with excellent results.
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So will this Flan de Coco make it to the big time, thousands of times larger than life in the heart of Rockefeller Center? Check House Beautiful's Website this July 19 to find out!
Flan de Coco – one of Cuba's famous desserts.
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