Cooking With Chocolate

Okay, so yesterday was heavy, but I really thought that it was important to address it because the whole page has been hijacked by Mother's Day. I know it is a bit much, but it is my Blog. Even, so I'm not a girly-girl and some of it is a bit much, but I'm trying hard to tailor it to my tastes. By the way, I take suggestions, but it doesn't mean I'll follow it. But, I'll listen and take you seriously. (How would you know anyway?) I feel like a free advertisement. Hey, I am still working non... Read Full Story

thursday, august 30th, 2007 Raising two energetic boys, ages five and two, is hard enough. To attempt to do it with a broken arm, the right arm no less, the arm you write with, type with, unscrew caps with, it's just too much for a busy mom to handle. Unfortunately, that's the sticky situation my friend Amy finds herself in at the moment. She lives in the Bay Area so I don't see her as much as I'd like and gauge the time in between by the inches her boys have grown since the last time I saw... Read Full Story

by Audrey Okaneko I have always loved the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I used to love the commercials of the kids running into each other, one child with the Hershey chocolate bar, and the other child with a jar of peanut butter. The first time I tried these cookies, I was hooked. The recipe is a very simple peanut butter dough, with a Hershey’s kiss in the middle. Continue... Read Full Story

Ceux qui ne sont pas fous du chocolat, vous pouvez arrêter de lire de suite. Allez lire mes affichages précédents. Moi, je suis complètement malade, passionnément amoureuse, obsessivement mordue de chocolat. Le cacao doit être l’ingrédient le plus important dans mon garde-manger : je l’adore évidemment nature, dans les sucreries, mais aussi dans les mole (sauce mexicaine à base de chile et de cacao) sur les viandes, dans les mélanges d’épices sur les grillades … Une journée sans chocolat... Read Full Story

Remember at the party, when everyone was pissed because that plate of delicious, choclately rich, lushly frosted brownies was polished off by a mysterious someone? Like, the entire, serves-30, mouthwatering batch? When only one or two people got any taste at all before the pounds of sweet chocolate oblivion went MIA? And then, like the final insult, only the crusty pan was found, hidden half-heartedly on top of the fridge? Someone ate them all and hid the pan?! No one could believe it! Not... Read Full Story

Quand on est rendu à bouffer des brownies au chocolat à minuit, a-t-on un problème??? J'espère que non, car je viens de découvrir la recette parfaite pour le brownie parfait, certainement un futur "runner" en Poozanie. Avec sa tonne de cacao et son chipotle excitant, je ne dormirai pas avant 4h00 du mat. Tanpis. C'est bon. Je suis tombée sur une recette de Emeril Lagasse pour un brownie avec chipotle, mais la base de brownie manquait un peu de décadence. Alors j'ai choisi une autre recette... Read Full Story

I love collecting apt quotations. I added a new one to my collection today: "The torch of love is lit in the kitchen." Isn't that the truth? There are lots of cliches about food and love. The funny thing is that most of them ring true. The kitchen has always been the heart of every home I've lived in. I don't think my cooking every hurt my chances with a man. And you already know my feelings about "Food is love." If you want to "share the love," just whip up these fast, simple flourless... Read Full Story