As soon as we spotted this recipe in Ina Garten’s new book, Make It Ahead, we raced to it. Her desserts are always delicious, in our experience, and here is one that solves the problem if you have gluten-free eaters at your table. Ina uses renowned chef Thomas Keller’s gluten-free flour mix, called Cup4Cup. She […]
Chocolate Everything!
Paleo Flourless Dark Chocolate Brownies
These five-ingredient dark chocolate, flourless brownies are mouth-watering and intense, just like they should be, minus the flour and butter, and in some circles that means better for you. Coconut sugar is the natural sweetener, blended with eggs, vanilla, and Spectrum all-vegetable shortening. (Your favorite dark chocolate chips are the way to go; we love […]
Faith’s Grilled Chocolate-Topped Baguette
When friends stop by, I am never without dessert. I always have a frozen baguette and chocolate on hand, and that means dessert is minutes away. After defrosting the bread in the microwave, I slice the baguette horizontally, and top the halves with my favorite dark chocolate chips (Valrhona or Ghirardelli), a touch of olive […]
Chocolate Crumble French Toast
Dorie Greenspan is a baking rock star, one of the most inventive cooks I know. For example, her knock-out recipe for chocolate crumbs — yes, chocolate crumbs! — that can be sprinkled on anything to make it swoon-worthy. Such a simple idea, crispy chocolate crumbs capable of transforming a bowl of ice cream, a pudding, […]
Homemade Choco-Drizzled Popcorn
I adore making flavored popcorn of all kinds, using truffle salt, freshly grated cheese, bacon salt, curry powder, or an inexpensive Mexican spice blend called Tajin, made from dried lime zest and salt. But if you’re a chocolate-lover, I hope you’ll try my favorite way to make what I call Choco-Drizzled Popcorn. All you need […]
Rich Belgian Milk Chocolate Gelato
Faith can’t resist the Talenti Gelato Company’s Belgian Milk Chocolate, described by its makers as “melted by hand and blended slowly.” Who knows what that means? We do know that the flavor, the mouth-feel, is very, very good. (Faith has begun collecting the plastic screw-cap Talenti containers to use for screws, nails and other hardware […]
