Posts Tagged ‘Chocolate’

Mocha Cookies

Somehow I never tire of trying ultra chocolate cookies. What's weird about that fact--as well as my penchant for trying new peanut butter cookies, new shortbread, new chocolate chips cookies, new bundt cakes, etc--is that in general I am a creature of habit. I order the same salad and spring roll at...
April 18th, 2010 | Entree | Read More

Coconut Pecan Chocolate Chunk Bars

When I was trying to decide whether to bake some cappuccino thumbprint cookies, re-make some caramel crumb bars, or go for the coconut pecan chocolate chunk bars, I posed the question to everyone on Twitter. I received an enthusiastic, majority vote for coconut pecan chocolate chunk bars. Don’t tell...
April 10th, 2010 | Recipes | Read More

Think Outside The Box: Double Chocolate Chip Mint Teff Cookies

Some of you have heard me rave about teff before. The world's tiniest grain (teff means "lost" in Arhamic, which they speak (I think) in Ethiopia) and one of the primary grains used in Africa, one handful of it can sow a very large field--which makes it both incredibly economical and also an incredible...
March 29th, 2010 | Entree | Read More

Wine Truffles and a Gift

It’s time to celebrate a little around here. This blog was born in the month of March a couple of short years ago, but that’s not all. Today is my birthday, meaning my real birthday, and to celebrate, I have a gift for one of you. I recently received a sample box of wine truffles from Austin’s...
March 27th, 2010 | Recipes, Wine | Read More

Salty Sweet Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is another one of those cakelike muffins that seem to be neither cake nor muffin. It makes an excellent afternoon pick me up but somehow seems a little disappointing as an after dinner dessert. Despite what I just said, it is also quite yummy. It also is a great before bed snack--although not...
March 24th, 2010 | Entree | Read More