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Challah: You win some, you lose some, and then you make chocolate bread pudding.

This week I had two very specific bread cravings: one for brioche and the other for challah. I’ve made brioche before, but had never made challah, so I figured I would kill two birds with one stone by making challah–I could satisfy my bread craving and make something I’d never made before for One Good […]

Living Dangerously with the Daring Bakers: Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting

It’s always exciting to see what the not so secret band of bakers, the Daring Bakers, will come up with to challenge us every month. I always love going to see what our challenge is at the beginning of every month. For the past two months we have been given savory challenges, so this month […]

Thanksgiving Recap

For those of you who celebrate it, how was your Thanksgiving? Ours was fabulous! I spent most of Wednesday cooking and tidying up the house, and then my in-laws arrived Wednesday night. My MIL and I spent most of yesterday morning cooking and then we all piled into my car and drove to my parents’ […]

Little Things

It has been a good long time since I did a Good Things post, and with tomorrow being Thanksgiving here in the US of A I thought it was high time I did another one! Over the past week I’ve been “collecting” a bunch of random little things that I have loved, enjoyed, or been […]

Paint an apron for your favorite foodie

Have you started thinking about gifts for the holidays? I recently got together with some friends and taught them how to do freezer paper stenciling. This is SO easy and so much fun. I did an apron for a friend and thought this would make a fun and unique gift for the foodie in your […]

Let’s talk hot chocolate equipment

I was able to attend the Salon du Chocolat (a expo on all things chocolate) while living in Paris about 8 years ago. One of the things that caught my attention was a peculiar looking pot. I learned that this pot was une chocolatière–a special chocolate pot designed by the French in the 17th century […]

Oat Bread–the perfect bread to dip in your hot chocolate

I’m a sipper and a dipper. I love to slowly sip and savor my hot chocolate and I love to dip something in it. But what to dip? There are so many good options. Some of my personal favorites include madeleines, biscotti, and a slice of crusty french baguette. The anise mandelbrot cookies that I […]

Chocolat Chaud–Hot Chocolate the French Way

I’ve already mentioned this week how I fell in love with hot chocolate and how I drank vats of it while living in France. Chocolat chaud, as hot chocolate is called in France, is divine. It’s thick (but not too thick), creamy, rich, and flavorful. It touches upon the perfect balance so that you can […]

Drink Me: Drinking Chocolate

I’m feeling a bit like Alice in Wonderland when she finds herself in a hall with many doors, all of them locked, then finds a key which she can use to open one small door, which is far to small for her to fit through. Then a small bottle appears labeled “Drink Me,” which she […]

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