411467 Thu Jun 14 13:11:26 -0700 2007 12 20 Tristate Region 0 2660594 Message Thu Jun 14 13:11:26 -0700 2007 90891 gso 1 2661684 I love Julia's Bakery for their Kettle Donuts, located in Orange, CT, next to Christmas Tree Shop off I-95, Exit 41. Thu Jun 14 17:45:26 -0700 2007 2660594 100343 cheereeo 1 2661796 You can make Bananas Foster at home sooo easily. It's my lazy dessert. Just melt some butter (4-5 tbsp.) in a saute pan, add the juice of an orange, a little grated orange rind, some brown sugar (3-4 tbsp.), stir it until the sugar is combined and it starts to bubble then add a couple of sliced bananas. Saute until the bananas are cooked and darken. That's it. It only takes 5 minutes. Serve it over ice cream. Oh, and you can add rum to flambe it if you want. Yummm. Thu Jun 14 18:31:21 -0700 2007 2660594 60151 ktm 2 2662646 Thank you. It sounds wonderful. I am going to do it! Fri Jun 15 06:16:17 -0700 2007 2661796 90891 gso 1 2662959 Not too close to New Haven, but worth a drive, the doughnuts at Dottie's Diner (used to be Philips Diner) in Woodbury are the best. Fri Jun 15 08:00:31 -0700 2007 2660594 83254 MikeA 2 2665136 Bistro Bonne Nuit in New Canaan. Fri Jun 15 19:05:37 -0700 2007 2662959 15055 Fairfield Foodie 1 2671172 I was thinking of this post this weekend when my husband and I went special to Carmen Anthony's in New Haven just for dessert. The waiter said they make Bananas Foster special. I'm sure it is extraordinary there. They have Five restaurants--they are all really good. For a special night, go there for dinner. We often go to another place for dinner and then pop in for their incredible desserts--white chocolate bread pudding is to die-for. www.carmenanthony.com Mon Jun 18 13:13:11 -0700 2007 2660594 100343 cheereeo 2 2673037 Thank you! We have a 50th coming up and bananas foster is a favorite. I will find this place. Thanks for thinking of us! Tue Jun 19 06:05:48 -0700 2007 2671172 90891 gso 1 2671218 When you discover Lucibello's Pastry Shop on Grand Ave. and try their cannolis and other treats, you will outgrow doughnuts. Mon Jun 18 13:26:17 -0700 2007 2660594 57170 Veggo 2 2673047 Outgrow doughnuts????? You are talking to a southern girl who grew up in the birthplace town of Krispy Kreme. I am sure I will learn to love a cannoli but a hot, melting KK doughnut is hard to beat.... Tue Jun 19 06:08:31 -0700 2007 2671218 90891 gso 3 2673302 Point taken, gso. I might have said you will soon enjoy a new dimension of good Italian that simply can't be found in the south. Check out the threads about Wooster Street pizza! Tue Jun 19 07:33:33 -0700 2007 2673047 57170 Veggo 4 2674243 I will and thanks! Tue Jun 19 11:36:16 -0700 2007 2673302 90891 gso 1 2671918 Nobody makes Bananas Foster outside of New Orleans, and in reality, only 3 restaurants are known to make it even in that city the proper at table way -- Commander's Palace, Brennan's and Palace Cafe. Mon Jun 18 17:11:09 -0700 2007 2660594 10548 OffTheBroiler