"My Steady Boyfriend" You might say I have an intense personal relationship with chocolate. Servers at my favorite restaurant laugh when taking my dessert order because, and I quote, "It’s like watching a love triangle on Days of Our Lives." My usual dessert pick is the Chocolate Tart, a piece of ganache-filled goodness I nicknamed “My Steady Boyfriend” because if it … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2019
Choco – Late
You've caught me. I admit it. I'm the person that waits until the day after Valentine's day to do all of my chocolate shopping. It makes me downright giddy to get the major discounts on the holiday candy. This past Friday, I made a point of carving out some time to visit my local Target and Wegmans to see what they had on the shelves. It was a downright cornucopia of … [Read more...]
Chocolate without the Calories?
Happy Valentine's Day!! I was in LA this weekend and that usually means chocolate from my favorite chocolatier, Diane Krön. However, I’m still on a diet - The remnants of my New Year’s resolutions which I'm struggling to keep. And while I did eat some deliciously fattening foods when I was away, I didn’t think it was the best idea to bring home tons of chocolate. … [Read more...]
Chocolate Sparks Joy Amid Clutter
I'd do anything to declutter my condo, just don't ask me to do that... Recently, I jumped on the Marie Kondo bandwagon and took a major whack at my tchotchkes. I had a mind-boggling number of cords to devices I no longer own. More travel tissues, hand sanitizers and nail files than this gal will ever go through in her lifetime. Pens galore... The process took a … [Read more...]
The Discovery of Chocolate
When you think of chocolate, what comes to your mind? Perhaps one of the top chocolate brands in the world as listed by Global Brands magazine including the countries that produce them: Ferrero Rocher (Italy)Guylian (Belgium)Patchi (Lebanon)Ghirardelli (United States)Toblerone (Switzerland)Cadbury (United Kingdom)Lindt and Sprungli (Switzerland)Mars (United … [Read more...]
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