For dessert, make one of my quick and easy favorites: top two scoops of vanilla ice cream with a shot of espresso or coffee, and put biscotti on the side (you can find these in the cookie section of most grocery stores).

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As for desserts, you cant go wrong with the warm chocolate date cake in coconut cognac sauce with iced espresso yogurt, or the chocolate banana samosa with candied kumquats and caramel coriander ice cream. l Bottino -- 246 Tenth Ave.

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