From today's LA Times:
ENTIRE cookbooks are written about them, glossy magazine spreads are devoted to them, home cooks blog about their addiction to making them, clamoring, "I have caught the bug!" or "I could not stop thinking about them…."
The article is available here:
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la ... -home-food
Kinda like smaller sweet and/or savory trifles, I guess