From the category archives:

chocolate

First Love

February 13, 2010

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to tell you about my first love. Buttercream frosting on hazelnut sponge cake baked by the Swiss Haus. At 2 years old, I fell deeply, madly, passionately in love with my birthday cake and the affair has continued for over 30 plus years. I’ve written about my birthday [...]

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Candy, and Chocolate and Ice Cream, Oh My!

January 16, 2010

I followed 3 guys wearing Chocolate Thunder jackets through the parking lot and up the stairs of the Atlantic City Convention Center where I was greeted by a 4 ft wide poster featuring a head shot of Mia Michaels, the award-winning choreographer and judge of the hit show, So You Think You Can Dance. In [...]

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Sugar free ice cream goodness

June 18, 2009

I’m beginning to think I’m a food procrastinator. Instead of making my bubby’s oat cookies, I found a fantastic recipe for sugar free chocolate ice cream: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2007/08/sugarfree_choco.html Thanks to David Lebovitz, I was able to satisfy my insulin-resistant sugar craving with an agave-sweetened ice cream that was delicious. It was my first time cooking a [...]

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