Posts Tagged ‘assorted chocolates’

Going, Going, Gone

atomic bomb leads to trouble

The world is supposed to end today and I have no idea what to fix for supper, much less who to invite.  The prospect of having to prepare my last meal on earth is entirely too overwhelming.  All I can say is, just about the time Doomsday hits, no matter how grand the plans or big the roast I’ve marinated, I just know I’m  going to decide that we’d might as well order pizza.  Making chocolates is pretty much like that.  I sketch out half a dozen varieties in my head that I know I can whip out in an afternoon, and by the time the ganaches are made and the first couple of pounds of chocolate are tempered, I realize I need a bigger kitchen and another day to get it all done. Read More…

Piece of My Heart

chocolate hearts

This has been one of those weeks when my brain hasn’t had the energy to flat line, much less articulate whole sentences. But now that the Royal Wedding has come and gone, Bin Laden’s been dumped in the ocean and heart-throb Justin Bieber finally has his own line of nail polish (the One Less Lonely Girl Collection no less), all I can think about is the stuff that hearts are made of. Read More…