I wanted to find out if chocolate had ever been used to kill someone, outside of adding poison to the drink. But you’re lucky today, because instead of that macabre subject, while reading Chocolate, a Global History by Sarah Moss … Continue reading
My love affair with chocolate has undergone many twists and upgrades. When I was nine, I got a 25-cent allowance every week. I could spend this at the five-and-dime store (that’s how old I am), selecting from a dizzying array of sweets for 3 cents apiece. When they went up to 4 cents, I was appalled. When they hit a nickel, I decided I couldn’t afford chocolate anymore.
Continue readingI was paging through the Sunday Sweets on Cakewrecks, looking at many cakes which are technically gorgeous but rarely raise my creative pulse. I can’t draw, so hand painting a cake to look like a Wedgwood canister is right out. … Continue reading
Slice the pound cake in thick slabs. If you are using a frosted cake, cut the frosting off and eat it yourself while you are making this recipe.
Continue readingAmong the joys of living with a fellow writer (in this case, my husband, Dave Trowbridge) are the unexpected things that come up during dinner conversation. “How was your day, dear?” “Splendid! The lesbian chocolate sex scene works better than … Continue reading
I might be a romance writer, but don’t expect Valentine sentimentality from me. I despise artificial card-giving holidays, but I do admire chocolate any time of the year, and giving chocolate is the best part about this holiday.
Continue readingby Vonda N. McIntyre Here’s a question I’ve been asking for a while: In the pre-Columbian Eastern hemisphere, what we used to call in geography class “The Old World,” most of the staple foods are based on the action of … Continue reading
