Slideshow
Houston’s Best Desserts
You’ve seen our list of Best Restaurants—now it’s time to indulge your sweet tooth. In this slideshow, we’re proud to present six of Houston’s finest after-dinner delights. —Katharine Shilcutt
September 30, 2013
Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream, Cloud 10 Creamery
Chris Leung is known for his exotic and unusual desserts—especially his ice cream flavors at the newly-opened Cloud 10 Creamery. Among his roasted carrot-miso ice cream and his red beets-caraway ice cream, the peanut butter and jelly flavor just might be
Coconut Banana Cream Pie, Mark's American Cuisine
Sam Major was the valedictorian of his class at the CIA, where he studied Baking and Pastry Arts before moving to Utah and winning nearly every pastry chef prize the state has. His banana cream pie at Mark's American Cuisine may not look like the banana
Chocolate Macaron, The Houstonian
Catherine Rodriguez brings a refined European flair to her desserts at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa thanks to her time spent studying the art of pastry in France and Switzerland. Her chocolate macarons stack up against the best in Paris, although tha
Fluffernutters, Fluff Bake Bar
Rebecca Masson of Fluff Bake Bar is as well-known for her work on Bravo's Top Chef: Just Desserts (and her popular, sell-out fundraising dinners benefiting Lucky Dog) as she is her fluffernutters, oatmeal cookies sandwiched with peanut butter-flavored ma
Chocolate Chip Cookies, Michael's Cookie Jar
Michael Savino has been making the city's favorite all-butter cookies since 2006, from shortbread to biscotti and everything in between. You'd think the CIA-trained chef was putting secret ingredients in his best-selling sugar cookies, but the real secre
Jintonikku (Gin & Tonic Dessert), Uchi
Sharon Gofreed is new to Houston, but not to Uchi. The pastry chef moved to Houston from Austin to bring a dessert repertoire to match chef Kaz Edwards' portfolio of ultra-modern Japanese dishes. Her jintokku, Japanese slang for "gin and tonic," showcase
Best Restaurants 2013
Best Restaurants 2013
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Best Restaurants 2013
Best Restaurants 2013
Best Restaurants 2013
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