your own from white sugar and molasses. It’s one less ingredient to have around, and it tastes much better. I am sure I can tell the difference, especially in something like a chocolate chip cookie.

on “restaurant row” (NE 28th – they’re just off of Davis, I think.) Not only did they have the essential, though hard to find, chocolate-hazelnut, but a divine, not-to-sweet coffee as well. They carry...

anything within a 7-hour drive – less than a day – to be “local.”) I allowed myself coffee and chocolate, salt and spices (but I actually gave up Diet Coke for the whole month – that was a real...

last week’s winning trio was richard, andrew, dale, with their willy wonka salmon, tapioca faux caviar, wasabi-white chocolate composition— turns to this week’s losing trio of richard, andrew, mark—with...

of chips. Tuna melt with swiss on seedless rye (because there are no diners in So.Cal) Fried egg, lettuce, tomato, S&P on toasted artisan bread. Grilled cheese, grilled cheese and tomato, or grilled cheese and ham with a side of...

restaurants to survive, and making it harder for those of us who care about what we eat to find good food. And I worry that as this corrupted generation gets older, soulless mechanization will eventually gobble up the last...

maybe she had the same crisis situation as Elaine did over chocolate bobka in Seinfield?

Absolutely, meatn3. My late lamented Harrald’s (the restaurant, not the man, long life Harrald) used to ask when taking the reservation if it was a special occasion, remember without asking again after dinner, and marking...

Count me in as another Trader Joe’s/ Farmer’s market shopper. I occasionally hit WF or Country Sun (health food store in Palo Alto) for tea and chocolate. I really prefer a very edited selection and a small store,...

glass bottles with the little tin foil caps. A few years later, when my mom did get a car, we expanded our horizons, and found artisan cheese and bread makers in the area that also gave me an appreciation for the local nature of...

Re: Padma’s wardrobe — they’re in Chicago in the fall, instead of Miami or LA — seems like this was a chilly rainy day, thus the hot chocolate offerings were gratefully embraced. Not that her turtleneck...

potatoes from a 24 gallon pot and some green veggies. Muddle through that and hopefully they throw some good chocolates onthe table and some cake.

— concentric rings of chocolate syrup, miscellaneous-berry red coulis, powdered sugar AND cocoa powder. It was almost more garnish than cobbler...which was itself more undercooked short-pastry than fruit. If it wasn’t...

Dylan Prime, ugh. That place is like Friendly’s. It calls itself a serious restaurant and serves fishbowl tails, as well as a t-bone “steak” made of white chocolate and cake for dessert. I’ve got to say,...

. "Traditional Mexican cooking is as complicated and precise as traditional French cooking, with just as many hide-bound conventions as French cuisine imposes. You can’t just throw some chiles and a glob of chocolate into a...