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How to Make Your Own Hot Chocolate Mix

Sunday December 14th 2008

Did you know you can make your own hot chocolate mix? As in, grind cacao nibs to a fine powder, then mix them with milk and sugar for an out-of-this-world hot chocolate-y experience? You can. And surprisingly, it’s not that hard. I’m going to show you how. All you need is a bag of cacao [...]

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Chocolate & Vanilla Guinness Floats with Creme Chantilly

Friday December 5th 2008

Vanilla Guinness Float Guinness is the favored beer here at The Mouse House, hands down. While we usually enjoy it at home straight out of the can, we do occasionally cook with it, too. (Mmmm, Guinness Stew with Sage and Ginger.) One my all-time favorite things to do with this creamy, rich stout, however, is [...]

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Black & White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Wednesday November 26th 2008

We love Oreos here at the Mouse House. I mean, they’re creamy. They’re chocolate-y. They’re fun to eat. They make me feel like I’m 8 years old, which is great. Is there anything that can make these practically perfect cookies any better? Why, smash them up and bake them into chocolate chip cookies, of course. [...]

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Hot Buttered Rum Pecan Sundae

Thursday November 20th 2008

The topping for this sundae has all the rich, buttery flavor of pecan pralines—without the time or trouble involved in candymaking. Basically, this recipe makes a mini-batch of pecan candy by superheating a small amount of butter and brown sugar in a large pan, cooking the nuts in it, then flavoring it with a little [...]

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Decadent Sweet Cream Rice Pudding

Tuesday November 18th 2008

Rice has got to be one of my favorite foods. Fried rice. Buttered rice. Jambalaya. Rice crackers and krispies. You name it, I most likely have a closely-guarded stash of it in my cupboards. I especially love rice pudding. I can eat bowls of it at a time, which is why I don’t make it [...]

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Rib of the Week: Pork Spare Ribs with Cocoa Spice Rub

Monday November 17th 2008

These ribs borrow heavily from Mexican mole—that dark, rich concoction of onion, garlic, several different kinds of chili peppers topped off with a good dose of chocolate. You usually see it served most with chicken, but the flavors are also really well suited to pork. Chocolate and pork? Yep, chocolate and pork. Trust me. It’s [...]

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Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Chips Cookies

Tuesday November 11th 2008

I think the weather’s finally officially turned colder here in Boston. Let the baking begin! These hearty cookies are really buttery and somewhere in between chewy and crisp. They’re speckled with oatmeal and studded with walnut chunks and chocolate chips. A touch of molasses turns them a rich brown and gives them an almost toffee-like [...]

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Feasting on Cupcakes: A Photo Tour of Lyndell’s Bakery

Monday November 3rd 2008

One of my favorite things in the world is to get up early on a Saturday morning and go cupcake shopping. (I mean, what better way to start a day?) This means heading to Lyndell’s Bakery in Somerville’s Ball Square. Established in 1887, Lyndell’s is one of the oldest bakeries in New England—and one of [...]

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Mid-Autumn Meat Feast at The House of the Hungry Mouse

Saturday November 1st 2008

The other night, The Angry Chef and I had a good old friend over for dinner. We hadn’t seen him in quite a while, and it was so lovely to catch up. He brought a great bottle of sweet white wine and some fantastic port. We made dinner, which I’m realizing now turned into a [...]

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Halloween Bento

Friday October 31st 2008

I got bamboozled today. It’s Halloween, so I shouldn’t be surprised. You could say I got tricked—and treated. Instead of my regularly scheduled box lunch, The Angry Chef made me the sweetest bento ever. Literally. Here’s today’s bento box, made entirely out of candy. Halloween Bento: Looks like a regular bento lunch, right? Wrong. Allow [...]

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