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Tag Archives: chocolate
Look To The Cookie! Chocolate Loves Vanilla: An Essay in Two Parts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnd3cduU_f0&fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b] Let me say right now, if you don’t care about the mystical relationship between chocolate and vanilla, just run along. I am well aware that I can get a wee bit obsessive about some topics, so if you’re not … Continue reading
Slab O' Chocolate? Don't Mind If I Do.
Sometimes you just want a big, fat, in-your-face chocolate dessert. And somehow, making one of Them and eating it doesn’t feel quite as obnoxious as sitting on the couch eating fudge sauce by the spoonful. Although it kind of is. … Continue reading
A Paean to Chocolate
Today is The Beloved’s birthday. So first, The Birthday Poem: Today is a birthday; I wonder for whom? I think it’s for someone right here in this room! So look aaaalllll around you for somebody who Is laughing and smiling–my … Continue reading
Don't Forget the Chocolate, Part Tres
When it comes to ridiculous, pure chocolate flavor, look no farther than ganache. Until recently, I just figured that everyone knew what ganache is. Like everyone knows what cookies are. But, my belief in the spirit of ganache permeating our … Continue reading
Let's Look at the Swiss Miss Package, Shall We?
The following is the list of ingredients in a 1 oz, individual package of Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix (found here): Ingredients: sugar, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less … Continue reading
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Don't Forget the Chocolate, Part Deux
How about some chocolate cake? The most important thing to know about chocolate cakes, in my opinion, is that chocolate cake is more chocolate-y when made with water instead of milk. Huh? Makes sense, really. Semi sweet and bittersweet chocolate … Continue reading
Don't Forget the Chocolate! (Part 1)
Oh, my! I was just looking over my posts, so far: butter? check. Sugar? Check. Caramel? Check. Chocolate?…..Chocolate?…..Um, just a minute… Chocolate, my friends, is an amazing ingredient. It’s one of those food items that undergoes such an exhaustive processing … Continue reading
