Tag Archives: chocolate

Big Flavors In Tiny Packages

Remember those foil-wrapped chocolate oranges that usually show up around the holidays, the ones you whack against the table and they fall into a couple dozen slices? Tonight I devised the grown-up version. And a healthy one to boot. After … Continue reading

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In Defense of the Bacon-in-the-Chocolate Trend

I’m seeing a backlash these days against the bacon-in-the-chocolate trend, but I think maybe it’s more of a backlash against food fads in general. Most fads are annoying and entirely disposable. They barely make a blip on the radar screen … Continue reading

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Evan Flings the Gauntlet

Evan Kleiman, everyone’s favorite radio food person–who’s actually an honest-to-God chef–is hosting a pie-a-day challenge on her KCRW blog. Of course I want to help her out so she doesn’t have to eat a pie a day all by herself. … Continue reading

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Everything’s better with chocolate . . . and heat!

It isn’t often that you sit down to a meal with a variety of Tabasco sauces on your table, but that was my good fortune during the annual conference of the International Association of Culinary Professionals in New Orleans last … Continue reading

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