Yasmin Newman: Reinventing Filipino dishes, tasting New York's desserts

"I'm a dessert lover, as most Filipinos are. We are born with sweet tooth." So says food and travel writer Yasmin Newman as she talks about her another adventure, together with her young family, for a dessert hunting trip to one of the world's iconic cities - New York City.

Yasmin Newman Source: Supplied

Remembering Yasmin's first book "7000 Islands - A food Portrait of the Philippines" - showcasing more than 100 Filipino recipes she recreated, her love of her Filipino roots has been highlighted.

(Supplied by Yasmin Newman) Source: Supplied by Yasmin Newman

And on her new "tempting recipe-slash-travel journal" and guide book "Desserts of New York", she brings her readers to the bright lights of NYC as she tracked down some of the world's most sought-after desserts - and savour them all.

For more details of Yasmin's books, go to her website: Yasmin Newman.