countess shell on February 28th, 2006

• My Scharfen Berger pure dark chocolate bar with 60% pure cocoa. And I adore that it says a serving size is one bar. Seriously. I’ll give it my best shot, but there is no way I can finish this thing.
• The pouring rain outside. Sheets and sheets of [...]

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countess shell on February 21st, 2006

This weekend we did Napa and Sonoma counties. Although, as David doesn’t drink - and really, who wants to wine taste alone, we did independent bookstores. Many, many books were purchased, but not a single bookstore t-shirt. We ate amazing food: John Ash & Co on Saturday night. The Village Inn [...]

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countess shell on February 15th, 2006

We all know those wee chocolate lava cakes in those wee ramekins just ain’t quite enough. Now you may all fall to the ground and worship at my feet …
Huge Chocolate Lava Cake
3/4 cup flour
1 1/3 cup brown sugar, divided use
1/2 cup cocoa powder, divided use
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk [...]

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