|
|
صفحة: 29
9 What’s for Dessert ? Children and adults all over the world enjoy making and eating desserts . Many countries also celebrate their favorite Dessert Days . Two popular desserts are cream puffs and cookies . Where do these desserts come from ? Cream Puffs 2 Cream puffs are small cakes that have cream inside and sugar or chocolate on top . The first cream puffs were made for Queen Catherine de Medici in 1540 . She was Italian and she loved cream puffs . When she married Henry II , King of France , she brought the recipe from Italy with her . Cream puffs became popular all over the world . In 1851 American restaurants began to serve cream puffs . Now they are such a popular dessert that January 2 is Cream Puff Day in the U . S . A . People bake their own cream puffs to celebrate the special day . Cookies Did you know that the word cookie comes from a Dutch word which means “ little cake” ? Many years ago in Holland , bakers baked small amounts of cake to check if the oven was hot . When they saw that these small pieces of cake were crisp and tasty , they decided to call them cookies . Cookies come in different flavors , shapes and sizes . Chocolate chip cookies are the most popular kind of cookie in the United States . People there eat about seven billion chocolate chip cookies every year ! On December 4 they celebrate Cookie Day .
|
|