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I want to wrap up LunaCafe’s February 2009 Love Rules! All Chocolate! All Month! celebration with a really special dessert. If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been covered in cocoa powder and melted chocolate all month. I discovered and perfected the world’s most delectable cookie, Bittersweet Chocolate & Toasted Walnut Cookies Perfecta [...]
After weeks of research, this elegantly simple chocolate pudding formula, developed over several testing sessions, acheives a perfect balance. It is not extreme in any direction, yet has a multi-dimensional, vibrant flavor and luxurious mouth feel.
A little over a year ago, I decided to do a whirlwind tour of Northwest restaurant desserts. Then about a minute after that decision was bathed in golden light, I decided to narrow the exploration to chocolate desserts.
This cake has a moist and tender texture, which I love. Plus, it’s beyond delicious. It’s one thing to drink a fine Cabernet while slowly savoring bittersweet chocolate, but altogether finer to combine the two with aromatic and elusive spices in this lovely cake.
Mexican Hearts of Fire Cookies are demur, almost austere, little cookies that befit reflection, refinement, and lovely rituals, such as afternoon tea (or a Valentine’s Day gift for your office team mates). You don’t devour them, you savor them, you take your time eating them, you experience the HERE, the NOW. They make you feel almost saintly.
This is the one cookie recipe you need for occasions when you want to really WOW your friends, family, or coworkers. It’s amazing that it has no butter or flour, yet the texture is addictively crisp and chewy. The flavor is over-the-top bittersweet chocolate.
With this post, we kick off the first annual Love Rules! celebration at LunaCafe. Through the end of February, every post will feature chocolate. That’s right: All Chocolate All Month at LunaCafe. My plan is to feature easy dishes with interesting twists, like this delectable little muffin that is guaranteed to make your sweetheart smile.
This is not mildly-flavored American-style hot cocoa, which is typically made with cocoa powder, or sometimes with chocolate syrup. Rather, it is European-style drinking or hot chocolate, which is made with whole milk (and sometimes part cream) and melted high-quality bar chocolate. Once you have had hot chocolate made in this way, you won’t settle for anything less.
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