Category: Chocolate (29)

  • When I was growing up my Grandmother had a designated “candy cupboard”. She had many kinds of candy in that cupboard. My Mother was not fond of that cupboard.-but that’s what Grandmothers do- give anxious little children all the naughty pleasures our hearts desire. {Just in case you needed reminding}.  It took my sister and I all…

  • Some people like their cookies thick. Some like them thin. Some like them chewy. I like mine chewy. I like to think of these cookies as chewy chewy. You get the chew of the cookie itself and then the chew of the toffee pieces in the cookie. There is a couple of things that contribute…

  • Gluten Free eating is becoming very popular as more and more people find they are gluten intolerant. I have a lot of friends who are gluten intolerant. Some of them have begged me to open up a gluten-free bakery. That’s not going to happen…but I’m obliged to post a gluten-free recipe from time to time…

  • You ever have one of those weeks where nothing seems to go right? Everywhere you turn you seem to find trouble. The car breaks down, you ruin your favorite pair of pants in the wash, you drop an entire container of blueberries [that you just bought] on the kitchen floor- at like midnight when you’re half awake. I’m…

  • There is a famous bakery in New York called “Baked”. How can you not love a place called that? Direct, to the point and it tells you in one word all you need to know. Period. One of these days I have to visit that darned bakery. They are known for their “sweet and salty brownie” which is…

  • People always ask me if I miss the snow since I have lived here in California. It only takes me a second to respond; I don’t even have to think about it. My answer is always no. I do not miss the snow. I do not miss the cold. I do not miss the 20…