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Simple Decadence

July 17, 2008

My mother dropped by the other day with a plate of these. I mined the depths of my culinary discipline to take a photo before gobbling. Of all the simple pleasures, whole, fresh strawberries dipped in dark chocolate ranks right up there with the first crocus of spring, a summer breeze and line-dried sheets. There’s [...]

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Death by Chocolate Curls

April 23, 2008

Chocolate curls are an art form I’ve yet to perfect. My sister asked for “that layered nut cake you made before” and I obliged. Tuning into my psychic abilities, I decided she meant Hazelnut Mocha Torte and not Pecan Orange Dacquoise. Because the cake and filling instructions were straight forward, I was lulled into a [...]

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A new use for coffee and cocoa

February 28, 2008

Quick. What is this? Chocolate muffin with sugar sprinkles? An extreme close up of a cocoa rolled truffle? Nope. Guess again. It’s steak. Earlier in the week, The National Post ran an article about adding coffee to a dry rub. Not only did the recipe call for java, it used cocoa. Coffee and chocolate? How [...]

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Valentine’s Day Roasted Hazelnut Chocolate Cheesecake

February 14, 2008

Okay. Everybody owes me five bucks. As predicted, February is indeed Chocolate Month. In fact, my favourite treat gets a tad grabby and lays claim to Celebration of Chocolate as well. Honestly, how’s a poor dented shopping cart to compete against the sex appeal of the cocoa bean? Confused? Don’t worry. I’ll tell you all [...]

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Bone Density Death by Chocolate

January 16, 2008

Andrew hides bars of my favourite chocolate around the house to pull out in emotional emergencies. Smart man. Although I’m not a fan of the chocolate/bacon combo, I bow to the irony of chocolate having saved his bacon more than once. It’s hard to yell at someone when your mouth’s full. Unfortunately, I might start [...]

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No More Sushi Shame

November 13, 2006

I know I run the risk of being kicked out of the foodie club with the following statement, but the municipal elections have me scrapping for a fight, so here goes. I don’t like sushi. Followers of raw fish all have the same response when they hear my confession. “Ah,” they say. “You just haven’t [...]

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Maxed out

June 5, 2006

What does it say about me that for my birthday my husband got me a wine pump, a travel-inspired cook book and four slabs of gourmet dark chocolate? He may not be romantic, but he knows me so well. But then again, I’m pretty easy to figure out. I’m rather open about my likes and [...]

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