Culinate Death by Chocolate Contest is sending one reader, and one food blogger, on a trip for two to Napa Valley to attend the Copia Center’s annual Death by Chocolate Festival on Feburary 23, 2008, featuring a day of chocolate…
Entries Tagged as 'Chocolate'
Torta Cioccolata
December 11th, 2007 · 20 Comments · Chocolate
This was one of the recipes Alice Medrich demonstrated in her class at Citronelle. In her book Pure Dessert, she described it as the soul of simplicity and was inspired by Claudia Roden in her book Book of Jewish Dessert….
Tags:Alice Medrich·Chocolate-almond torte·Gluten Free·Pure dessert
I am not stalking Alice…honest!
December 7th, 2007 · 50 Comments · Chocolate, Other Food stuff
It was simply a twist of fate. I wanted to do something special for the “Hungry” Hubby right before Christmas. We always wanted to take a class from Michel Richard ,author of Happy in the Kitchen, at Citronelle. We had…
The Test Kitchen turns One
September 26th, 2007 · 48 Comments · Cakes & Cupcakes, Chocolate
I can’t believe that it’s already been a year of food blogging for me! What a journey it has been. Even before my first encounter with the blogging tool, I’ve always wanted to document my trials, tribulations and triumphs in…
Of Chocolate and Caramel …
August 29th, 2007 · 51 Comments · Chocolate, DB Challenges
It’s time for the August Daring Bakers challenge, and the hosts are yours truly, and the lovely Patricia of Technicolor Kitchen! It was obvious that Patricia and I wanted tarts this time around but the question was more like: what…
Tags:Daring Baker's challenge·Eric Kayser·milk chocolate and caramel tarts
Chocolate+Vodka+Mint=Heaven
August 26th, 2007 · 32 Comments · Chocolate
Where to start? Alice Medrich’s new book, Pure Dessert is full of delightful and unique sweet temptations. However, none of them seem to be too sugar-sweet in flavor as the premise of her book was to bring out the natural…
Tags:Alice Medrich·Hanga One Buddha's Hand Citron Vodka·Pure dessert
Got a Kit Kat?
May 21st, 2007 · 22 Comments · Chocolate
I’m back and how I missed all of you! I have kind of slacked off in the kitchen, not really experimenting as much as I wanted to. I had 5 houseguests for 2 weeks and after tearing up the kitchen…
How sweet it is…
March 6th, 2007 · 29 Comments · Chocolate
Bouchon — just the name itself evokes cuteness. But what exactly is it? I bought Thomas Keller’s book Bouchon expressedly for his recipe of one of my all-time-favorite food – duck confit. However, browsing through this massive tome and salivating…
Chocolate Intensity
February 23rd, 2007 · 24 Comments · Chocolate, DB Challenges
After our ambitious foray into laminated dough last January, we girls decided to take it easy for this month’s cross-post. There were a couple of wonderful ideas tossed around for our next bake-go-round but clearly since this is the month…
Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes x 2
January 18th, 2007 · 29 Comments · Cakes & Cupcakes, Chocolate
Think quick, what is that one childhood sweet treat that you hold dear to your heart up to this day? Mine is a chocolate cupcake topped with a thick layer of dark chocolate icing. That cupcake was my one of…
Tags:chocolate cupcakes·Dorie Greenspan·Scharffen Berger·SHF#27·Stephanie Hersch·Valrhona
