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Bake chocolate-covered mint cookies. Photo courtesy Chocolat Céleste. We’re a week late in celebrating the 98th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, founded March 12, 1912. But there’s no reason to skip the celebration. And there’s no better way to celebrate than with homemade Thin Mint cookies. We love the Girl Scouts—we won the top award…
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Do you really want an Easter basket with jelly beans, marshmallow eggs and a chocolate bunny? Or would you rather have confections from a fine chocolatier who thinks outside the basket? The answer may be “both”; but order early if you want to acquire these beautiful pieces of edible art from Bond Street Chocolate. They…
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Alaea, Hawaiian sea salt, in coarse and fine grains. Photo courtesy Saltworks.us. “Sea salt” is not a generic product. There are many different varieties evaporated from different bodies of water worldwide, from England and France to Greece to Japan. The salts have the “goût de terroir” (goot duh tur-WAHR)—the flavor of the particular waters from…
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You wake up the day after St. Patrick’s Day and what’s on the agenda? Easter! A series of favorite Easter candy begins today. In our youth, we were satisfied with Cadbury’s chocolate buttercream Easter eggs. But today, we’re more demanding. We want those eggs to sizzle. So, we’re starting with Bacon and Eggs, one of…
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Today’s the day for a good Irish stout. Photo courtesy CabotCreamery.com. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (responsibly) with the best Irish beer. Irish beer has a relatively low profile in the beer world, where Belgians, Germans, Czechs and our own American microbreweries tend to take center stage. The exception is Dublin’s Guinness. It’s ubiquitous, but it…
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