My Facebook feed informed me this morning that I’d missed National Pistachio Day (February 26) by one day. I really like pistachios and so does my granddaughter Georgia Lili. Her dad, my son Michael, is the one in the family who likes white chocolate and he likes matcha tea too. Personally, I find white chocolate too sweet, but […]
All You Need Is Love & Some Chocolate
Valentine’s Day is just a few days away, but its not too late to make a simple but unapologetically luscious real chocolate dessert. This year thoughts of Valentine Day started early for me while I was watching the CBS special, The Beatles at 50. Fifty years? I liked foil-wrapped waxy chocolate kisses before I became […]
Tender Olive Oil Pastry Dough and Other Thanksgiving Desserts
Thanksgiving desserts provide the perfect opportunity to showcase fall and winter foods like pumpkin and pecans. Why not serve your pie in a flaky and tender olive oil pastry dough? It was cold and windy in New York City last night. I’d had a lovely weekend in the country, and was now faced with piles […]
Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate lovers everywhere will rejoice! These Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles may be vegan but they are luxurious, velvety smooth and positively sinful! If you read my Nov 13th Newsletter, you know I used “Swap Outs” in my Vegan Chocolate cooking class at the Cooks Warehouse, Decatur, GA, and at the Atlanta Veg Fest. I had to […]
