Hello, everyone! It’s been forever since I’ve had time to put a post together. I have really missed you all, and I have really missed playing in the kitchen with ingredients, creating new recipes, and writing to share with you. This year, it’s been such a long, hard winter here in Minnesota. It kind of [...]
Tag: #chocolate
Peanut Butter Brownies
Some of my closest friends are avid fans of peanut butter! Are you one of them? I didn’t grow up with peanut butter. Growing up in Buenos Aires, my only notion of a burnished-colored spread were the jars of decadent dulce de leche, a South American confection made with milk and sugar that tastes somewhat similar [...]
Cupid’s Rose & Chocolate Candy Cookies
Have you ever wondered how Cupid, that cherubic baby who flies around shooting arrows at people to make them fall in love, became associated with Valentine’s Day? I have. Despite my disinterest in Valentine’s Day and my own personal twist to include other types of love celebrated on this holiday in addition to romantic love, [...]
Mocha Latte Cheesecake
Who doesn’t love coffee? I know I rely on this magical beverage to wake me up every morning and power me through the day. I’m actually one of those rare people who still prefers to brew her own coffee at home rather than go to Starbucks or Caribou Coffee. A Starbucks habit is definitely something [...]
Espresso Cookie Squares
We are a coffee-obsessed nation, but when people think of coffee, most people will point to Seattle, New York, San Francisco, and even Portland, not the Midwest. Not many know that a huge chapter of the Third Wave coffee movement started here in Minnesota, which is what yielded the fair trade, specialty coffee obsession of [...]
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