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The Wednesday Tipple – Frozen Hot Chocolate with Hot Chocolate, Frozen.

It’s snowing. Evidently by morning Manhattan will be under a thick white blanket. Which might well mean a snow day if I didn’t work from home already, and if Jon didn’t live so close to his office that we can … Continue reading

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5 Sweet Halloween treats including Oozing Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes and Worms in Dirt.

Oozing-Pus Chocolate Cup Cakes (makes 6 – 8 portions) These are molten white chocolate truffle cup cakes by any other name, and the warm white chocolate really does ooze pus-like from the centre when they are cut open – the … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – 5 Easy Desserts for Labor Day

My Labor Day cooking tends towards the simple – basically burgers as often as I think I can get away with them, and for dessert I want to stay in a relaxed holiday mood, to expend as little effort as … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – Ice Cream Sundaes

What did your 8 year old self wish for you? Do you remember? And, if you do, is it the kind of thing you should take seriously now? Take Jonathan for instance. His 8-year old self was pretty driven; he … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – Peach and Bourbon Tart

In his Love Song, J. Alfred Prufrock wonders “do I dare to eat a peach?” and I have to say, I see his point. It’s an act of hope over experience, so often, a flirtation with bitter disappointment. I recently … Continue reading

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The Monday Treat – Affogato

Coffee has been something of the Topic Of The Week, well, with my husband at any rate. The Physics Department, deeming fancy coffee unnecessary on purely academic grounds, is rationing stocks for the summer. Supplies have now run out altogether. … Continue reading

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