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This year I decided I want to serve chocolate fondue for dessert at our seder. It is fun and festive without being too heavy after a large meal. Plus, it is a fun play on the seder theme of dipping our food. Why stop with dipping the karpas(vegetables) and the maror (bitter herbs)? We can [...]
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It seems like these days it is hard for me to find the time (or motivation) to make big elaborate desserts. Some days I get as far as standing at the kitchen counter looking at the ingredient list when the sheer number of steps needed to go from a pantry full of ingredients to a [...]
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Sometimes the combination of ingredients in my mixing bowl can inspire me try new things. These “truffles” came about one evening when I was making some Irish potato candy. (If you have never had Irish potato candy check back around St Patrick’s day, I’ll be posting the recipe then. Don’t worry, there are no real [...]
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Panna Cotta is one of those desserts that is so elegant it seems like it should be incredibly difficult make at home. Instead it is one of the easiest. Usually just made with cream, flavorings and a bit of gelatin to set it, a good panna cotta is a deliciously satisfying dessert. Add a little [...]
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I always find that when making things that need to be dipped in melted chocolate I almost always melt more than I need. The extra chocolate can always be poured onto a piece of parchment to be reused another time, but especially if I have gone to the trouble of tempering the chocolate it seems [...]
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Although it is fun and exciting to eat Chanukkah gelt the first few days of the holiday, every year I find that by the end of the eight days there are leftover gelt sitting around that no one really wants to eat. Even the three year old seems tired of them. The chocolate gets nibbled [...]
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The excited “look they have Reese’s” exclamations last week of both trick-or-treaters and their parents reminded me just how popular the combination of peanut butter and chocolate really are among people of all ages. It is certainly a favorite combination around here. Peanut butter brownies are certainly not safe in our house, especially if marshmallows [...]
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