| Did you know that some of the hardest restaurant | | | | and a little hot fudge and some nuts and a cherry," |
| recipes to obtain are those for desserts? It's true. | | | | while leaving out important details: Whose vanilla ice |
| The big chain restaurants spend time and money | | | | cream? How is the fudge heated? Etc. Often there will |
| creating special "signature" dessert treats. In many | | | | be some secret ingredient that he will conveniently |
| cases they invest more in coming up with a new twist | | | | neglect to mention at all. |
| on a gooey double-fudge ice cream cake than they | | | | I'm grateful therefore to the many unsung heroes of |
| do in figuring out more ways to dress up their | | | | the Internet who have done the detective work to |
| hamburgers. It just makes economic sense. | | | | discover the exact recipes used to create some of |
| Loyal patrons of a given restaurant may really like the | | | | the most mouth-watering restaurant desserts in |
| hamburgers, or the pasta, but it's those sinful desserts | | | | America--and who have shared them with the world. |
| that often draw them back, meal after meal. Truly, a | | | | If your favorite restaurant serves up an especially |
| magnificent dessert can be the most addictive item on | | | | tempting dessert that you're just dying to get the |
| the menu. | | | | recipe for, chances are you can find it on the Web. |
| That's why, as I've discovered through my own | | | | You just need to put your best search skills to work |
| research, getting a recipe for a restaurant's top | | | | and be persistent. Someone out there has it--and has |
| dessert item can be extremely difficult. But remember, | | | | either posted it for free on some chat board or has |
| it is just a recipe, after all--a list of ingredients plus | | | | put it into an inexpensive e-book along with other |
| instructions on how to put them together. | | | | so-called top-secret recipes. |
| As I've written previously, the most direct way to | | | | This is the information age, after all. And really, what |
| obtain recipes for a restaurant's menu offerings--even | | | | more crucial information is there to us foodies than the |
| desserts--is to ask. Often, though, you'll be politely | | | | knowledge to duplicate our favorite sinful desserts right |
| rejected. Or, the manager might just vaguely tell you | | | | in our own kitchens? |
| something like, "Well, it's just some vanilla ice cream | | | | |