Archive for January, 2006

Christmas Baking Revisited

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

Though I’m aware that you wouldn’t know it by this site, The Sister ™ and I were quite prolific bakers during the holiday season. Below is a good sampling of our goodies.

If you look in the middle of the bowl and to the right you’ll see my dark chocolate and white chcolate truffles. […]

Misadventures in Chocolate: Beware of the Cocoa Percentage

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

One throughout the years buys chocolate, sometimes indiscriminately, other times with dark chocolate precision. Nearly always the chocolate chip cookies or brownies or ganache or truffles turn out very close to layperson’s perfection. One begins to think that this chocolate thing isn’t that hard.
Then the chocolate reminds the baker that she is but […]

Foodie Site Review: Slashfood

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Although I love to bake and often rove the internet for recipes and baking tips, I must admit to being farely well displaced from the world of food blogs. However, I recently stumbled upon Slashfood. It’s updated frequently throughout the day making it an everyday read. And as the name suggests, its […]