Archive for the 'Chocolate' Category

I’ve only had one interaction with the Momofuku Empire, or two, but they happened in the same day, within the relatively same window of time as each other, and my stomach was most definitely still digesting what I had eaten at the Noodle Bar when I wandered into the Milkbar.  I mean, I was still [...]

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Cupcakes are hard not to love.  They’re just so cute.  To be honest, I only made cupcakes because I wanted to frost them with little soft peaks, and then have them sitting around on the counter for a couple days, just to look at.  I don’t really enjoy eating cake—batter, on the other hand, is [...]

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Since Ice Cream Week was a little heavy on the sugar and the calories, I thought that I’d lighten things up with a Chocolate Cake.  With Ganache and Praline Topping.  Because, you know, sugar and butter and cream and chocolate are so outside the realm of what I do. Change is good.  Mixing things up.  [...]

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As it turns out, there really is not such thing as Ice Cream Week.  Yes, from Sunday, July 25th through Sunday, August 1st—until the very last hour of August 1st when this is being written—it was “Ice Cream Week,” but on Bakelist.  Only on Bakelist to my knowledge.  This came as a surprise to my [...]

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Alright, so ice cream three of Ice Cream Week.  At this point, after Pistachio Ice Cream and Almond Ice Cream, I can’t really make a 100 percent guaranteed claim.  I just can’t, it doesn’t make sense, and chances are that tomorrow I will find a new ice cream, a better ice cream, an ice cream [...]

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This is the best ice cream I have ever made. It is definitely among best ice cream I have ever eaten and considering the amount of quality ice cream I have consumed in my life, the amount of frozen custard, gelato, milky ice cream, nectar of the gods delivered from a carton that has lined [...]

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When things come in groups, especially ingredients, I often find that using just one component of the group leaves the others a little dejected.  So while, yes, this does fall under the category of personification of ingredients and the occasional normal chat—or two—one may have with their foodstuffs, I’d like to submit that it’s really [...]

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There’s something about trashy and low-end that’s appealing.  Especially when it comes to good.  Curly fries anyone? So one of the more interesting food trends of the first decade of the new millennium—as I get closer and closer to two decades old, using all-encompassing time periods becomes more appealing—is the high/low-end mixture of food.  And [...]

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I really have to apologize.  I’m really, truly, sorry.  So sorry, it’s embarrassing.  You see, I’ve let you down.  I heralded this Babka recipe as the best, the ultimate, the be-all and end-all of the best babushka-made Jewish food product.  But I was wrong, so very, very wrong. Don’t worry though, this Babka recipe, right [...]

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This post is being written in secret. It wouldn’t have to be a stealth mission, but something bad happened. Something really awful has struck this kitchen in these times of holiday glow and glory. All the Rainbow Cookies are gone. For the holidays we’ve gone east, to that big noisy place that sometimes goes as [...]

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