cookies

all about chocolate – recipes and chocabaret

May 31, 2013

Since my last post on Passion Fruit Truffle Cake, I’ve been under the spell of chocolate–dark, bittersweet, even milk chocolate. I keep thinking of different chocolate recipes but can barely get myself into the kitchen to actually prepare them. Lets just say I’m still in a chocolate coma from the truffle cake.

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cocoa fair – espresso chocolate cookies

May 10, 2013

When I consider what to bring to a charity bake sale, chocolate is the first flavor on the list. Folks always stop to consider chocolate treats and sometimes swoop down to take a closer look. Chocolate doesn’t have a brilliant color to attract the eye, but it does stir up passion.

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nyc bake sale 2013

May 8, 2013

With perfect spring weather, it felt like one of those weekends when everything could go right–especially for a charity bake sale. Lillian and I had planned NYC Bake Sale for quite some time and finally, the day came for all the details to align.

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4th annual food blogger bake sale

April 26, 2013

Share Our Strength’s mission is to encourage Americans to host bake sales within their communities to support the No Kid Hungry® Campaign and to end hunger by 2015. In New York City, that means the 4th Annual NYC Food Blogger Bake Sale on Saturday, May 4th, 10am – 5 pm at the Brooklyn Flea.

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blossoms afar – matcha almond cookies w raspberry filling

April 26, 2013

I always long for the cherry blossoms season in DC, and better yet, Japan. The magnificent carpet of pink is the most convincing sign of Spring’s arrival. Fortunately, even the photos of cherry blossoms are breath taking, cause there’s a sniffling catch for many of us–spring allergies.

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the must-do list – salty peanut brown butter sandwich cookies

April 18, 2013

My To-Do list grows more often than it shrinks. Spice cabinets and pantry drawers need reorganizing, doors require repainting, and book shelves scream for clearing. (I need to accommodate my addiction for coookbook acquisition.)

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auspicious mazl – rugelach w almond-azuki bean filling

March 22, 2013

I have expressed my desired to attend a Seder for the last two years, and still . . . no Passover celebration. Most likely it’s going to be myself and the rest of the goyum at a half-empty gym again. Oy, so what must I do to get an invitation? Walk around the streets of [...]

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favorite basics – dark chocolate chip cookies

March 15, 2013

Ever since our return from Asia, I’ve been even more obsessed with the dessert flavors of Asia. I love to take new spins on classic desserts and really have fun with the combinations, but there’s a point when I over think the process and get caught in a loop.

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grey matter – black & white sesame cookies

March 1, 2013

I’ve lived in New York for many years, yet I’ve managed never to have taken a bite of one of those heavily frosted Black and White Cookies available in every deli in Manhattan. (The Black part is actually chocolate.) If you ever saw one of those cellophane-wrapped discs, you’d avoid them, too.

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