I think I jinxed myself yesterday talking about the cold because today we are under an extreme cold weather alert. The only upside to this cold weather is that there is usually some beautiful sunshine to go with it so
For our first Slow Food NYU cooking demo, we decided to host a post-Valentine's day chocolate lover's recovery session. Fellow slow foodie Meg, a former professional baker and friend of...
So it came to my attention this week that there are actually, officially real, life human beans* that find the combination of mint and chocolate revolting. Um...what? I don't know if we can be friends. I'm sorry to sound shallow
We're not very good at making decisions. It took us 3 months to pick out a sofa for our living room. Out kitten Sgt. Pepper was nameless for nearly a week.
So light and moist and chocolaty that it’s pretty much cake in a loaf pan. But calling it bread and putting a vegetable in it makes it sound hip and healthy and appropriate for things other than dessert.
They are super tasty and a fun twist on the classic treat. I simply tossed a cup of Christmas M and M’s in with the treats and then spread melted white chocolate over the top. Then we decorated them with red candy melts and more Christmas M and M’s.
Here’s a dish I enjoyed a lot growing up. It’s a very simple Dau Sot Ca Chua recipe that is my comfort food. As a kid I ate this a lot, but never even considered the work my parents or grandma would put into making this. It would kind of just appear during dinner time (I appreciate it much more now!).
