Chocolate Soup ~ Devon Foam ~ Chocolate-Covered Cocoa Puffs
Since I love the whole concept of soup for dessert, I was looking forward to trying out this concoction. The creamy, dark chocolate soup (not to be confused with the much-coveted cartons of sweet...
View ArticleJean -Georges’s Warm Chocolate Cake ~ Vanilla Bean Ice Cream ~ Chocolate Crumble
So yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Was it just me, or did it seem like people made more of a fuss about it than usual this year? My feelings on this Hallmark holiday can best be described as...
View ArticleMini Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies
I’m trying hard to keep my holiday baking interesting this year, and my strategy is to integrate unexpected, fun pieces into my cookie presentations. Gingerbread men, rum balls, and peppermint...
View ArticleMeringue Mushrooms
There are cookie recipes everywhere I turn, a sure hallmark of the holiday season. They’re on the blogs, they’re in my email, and they’re are all over my food mags. They’re at my internship too. It’s...
View ArticleSalted Chocolate Caramel Tart
It never ceases to amaze me just how fast the biggest meals go rushing by before our very eyes. As cooks we spend days, even weeks choosing our menu, shopping for our ingredients, and stocking our...
View ArticleTriple Chocolate Layer Cake
I spend a lot of time mulling over the following question: If [insert friend's name here] were a cake, what kind of cake would [he/she] be? Those of us who enjoy baking celebration cakes understand...
View ArticleChocolate Ravioli
**Please consider (Please? Please!) taking a moment to vote for this recipe at the holiday bake-off on Bon Appetit.com (click here). You will find it, appropriately, in the “miscellaneous” category,...
View ArticleDense, moist, amazing brownie recipe
I went out in the heat first thing this morning to meet my friend Nora for breakfast, and was delighted to see all the signs that summer has (temporarily) arrived in the East Village. Steam was...
View ArticleCoffee Crunch Bars Recipe
I’ve been a little down in the dumps about my job lately because things are moving across my desk at a dizzying speed and I’m feeling sort of powerless about quality control, bound to each...
View ArticleFluffy Dark Chocolate Pancakes with Cherry Sauce Recipe
There was talk of pancakes all week long with no action, so it was really only a matter of time until, well, these happened. And after a lot of weak justifications (“Isn’t it still technically...
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