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Gentlemen’s Brownies with Scotch-Infused Frosting

Monday February 16th 2009

The other day, The Angry Chef headed into the city for his monthly cigar night. I wanted to make something extra special for him and his buddies, who are some of the nicest guys I know. These brownies are rich, dense, and extra chocolate-y from melted chocolate and cocoa powder. Their texture is creamy, almost [...]

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Buttermilk Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Tuesday February 10th 2009

This has to be one of my favorite cakes. It’s remarkably tender and spicy—and covered in gloriously tangy cream-cheese and butter frosting. And the best part? It’s ridiculously easy to make. Combine the dry ingredients, beat in the wet ingredients, pop it in the oven and…voila! Slather it with rich frosting, slice off a big [...]

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Oreo & Irish-Cream Milkshake

Friday February 6th 2009

OK, I have no excuses for this one. It’s evil—and oh-so-delicious. It’s rich. It’s creamy. It’s packed with crushed Oreo cookies and laced with booze. It’s one part dessert and one part cocktail. (And kind of ridiculous. I can admit that.) It’s also one of my favorite treats. One drink. Two straws. Make one and [...]

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Pomegranate-Orange Sorbet

Wednesday February 4th 2009

When I was just a little mouse, my mom occasionally got me a pomegranate as a treat. It was fun to open, got you properly sticky and covered with ruby-colored juice, and glistened with sweet, deep red seeds that looked like jewels. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite fruits. (For all the [...]

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Two Chocolate-y Valentine’s Treats: Candy & Cocktails, Oh My!

Friday January 30th 2009

Valentine’s Day is approaching. Love it or hate it, it’s a fabulous excuse to indulge in a few sweets. Here are recipes for two devilishly delightful chocolate-y treats. Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Hearts (Peanut-butter cup and pretzel sandwiches dipped in a lavish amount of chocolate) Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cocktail (Created especially for my friend Bunny, this [...]

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How to Make Homemade Marshmallows (And Then Dip Them in Chocolate)

Thursday January 22nd 2009

Hello, Willy Wonka! Making candy is just delightful. There’s no two ways about it. And making marshmallows? From scratch? That’s downright magical. I mean, take a handful of regular old ingredients through a few very simple steps, and…presto! Marshmallows. I’ve done this dozens of times over the years, and it never fails to amaze me. [...]

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Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

Monday January 12th 2009

Technically, this is half-a-pound cake, since it only uses about a half-a-pound of each of the key ingredients. (Pound cake gets its name from the pound each of butter, sugar, and flour originally used to make it.) However you slice it, though, this cake is moist, dense, rich, and buttery. I prefer mine plain with [...]

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Chocolate-Covered Rice Krispie Treats

Wednesday December 31st 2008

Now, I remember my mom making Rice Krispie treats for me when I was a little mouse—back in the dark ages, before microwave ovens were everywhere. She’d set a big pot on the stove to melt the marshmallows and butter together. It took a long time. There was constant stirring and fretting over whether the [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Brownies

Saturday December 27th 2008

This is a flourless chocolate cake masquerading in brownie form. These brownies get a triple-dose of deep fudge-y flavor from dark chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, and unsweetened cocoa powder mixed with a hearty amount of butter. The batter is enriched with whipped eggs and sugar until it resembles chocolate mousse in texture. The whole thing gets [...]

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Walnut Butter Ball Cookies

Saturday December 20th 2008

We had some serious snow this weekend here in Boston. (In fact, I think it’s still snowing out!) Here’s Dexter, The Barking Sous Chef, out in the blizzard last night. He loves snow so much, I’m not sure how we managed to get a picture of him sitting still. Anyway, snow is baking weather at [...]

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