Just give me a basic recipe and place me in a kitchen. All of my creative juices start to fly and pretty soon I’ve changed the recipe to suit my mood or the season. Hmmmm, I wonder what these truffles would taste like if I added some peppermint oil? It’s Saint Paddy’s Day. I’m feeling […]
Sometimes get-away weekends are more relaxing than leaving town for an extended stay. On Saturday morning my husband and I took off for a celebratory weekend at the Ashby Inn in Paris, Virginia. I wanted to tell my friends I’d be celebrating my birthday in Paris this year. On the way, we decided to do […]
True confession: my love affair with chocolate began with Little Debbie Nutty Bars. You know, those long wafer-like cookies filled with fake peanut butter dipped in chocolate. Yes, I loved those crunchy bars of peanut butter wonder. Heck, I was a kid. What did I know about chocolate? There wasn’t a whole lot of chocolate […]
Food and mood—that’s the topic I began to write about for my Conscious Bites Newsletter this morning. It was a slow but sweet start. I work a little slower on Saturdays. First I make myself a tall glass of electric green juice. Some start their day with java. I prefer a green jolt. Next, I […]
Don’t wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. ~Lora Brody In order to break through the barriers of all of our burdensome food rules, we really have to start fresh—with a beginner’s mind as the Zen Buddhists might say. And what better place to begin than with chocolate? Poor chocolate. This delectably sensuous treat […]
My favorite recipe from “Deserts That Go Zing,” is Chocolate-Covered Grapefruit Strips. Wow! Scroll down the Wall Street Journal article to find this and nine other sweet citrus treats. The grapefruit strips are made with the rind (but not the pith), boiled and later dipped in cocoa powder and chocolate. If stored in an airtight […]
