Momofuku Milk Discount Cookies

You heard right! Momofuku Milk sells it’s day old cookies for 85 cents versus $1.85 for a fresh batch. At least to me the old cookies are just as deliciously rich and moist as the new ones. My favorites are the blueberry and garbage. You’ll have to go there to figure out what these flavors [...]

Prix Fixe: Cafe Too

Rarely do you find such a win win situation. Cafe Too is part of the Inspiration Corporation and is used as a venue for people to gain basic culinary skills that will make them marketable. So in the end you get high quality food for much less and get to feel good about it. [...]

Dark Chocolate: Healthy?

Recently after reading a Lancet editorial that more or less bursts the chocolate bubble stating dark chocolate’s fat and sugar content may counteract the benefits provided by flavanols. (chocolate bars ARE fatty and bad for you…shocking!) It also points out the fact that many manufacturers process their chocolate [...]

Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova

For me one of the best parts of the holiday season is the desserts; and few desserts can top a fluffy rich pavlova. This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks Nigella Lawson’s Forever Summer. The pavlova is flavored with cocoa and bittersweet chocolate chips, topped with a generous pile of raspberries and sweet [...]

Vosges Chocolates

Featuring an ever widening range of unique chocolate combinations, Vosges is the ultimate in tastebud experimentation. I’m proud to say that the company started in Chicago and since has exploded on the international scene. I recently snagged a box of truffles and each round morsel was a surprise. You might not find [...]

NYC Moment: Max Brenner’s Chocolate Experience

This past weekend I made a short trip to NYC. It was a brisk chilly afternoon and walking around without a scarf seemed suddenly like a horrible mistake. Luckily as I climbed my way out of the Union Square subway entrance, there was the looming figure of Max Brenner’s Chocolate Shop. As [...]