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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies With Spicy Salt – Recipe


For National Chocolate Chip Day on May 15th, I’m making healthy oatmeal cookies with a gourmet touch.  I’m starting with my own chocolate chips by chopping up some delicious all natural chocolate from Drexelius Chocolates.  Then these oatmeal cookies will … Continue reading

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Cacao Nibs + Cheese + Salt = Yummy Recipe!


In the new book Salted, Mark Bitterman shows how chocolate can be used as a savory item in this wonderful recipe.  I have served it two times at different events.  I brought it for our New Years Eve bash.  People … Continue reading

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Buttercrunch + Chocolate


January 20th is National Buttercrunch Day.  We’re going to celebrate this wonderful day with a delicious recipe from David Lebovitz.  I know you can’t see much of the buttercrunch in the photo above, but you can see it peeking out … Continue reading

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Chocolate and Salt


I was watching Mad Men, which is a show about life in the 1960s.  The grandpa is with his granddaughter at the kitchen table and he is eating chocolate ice cream right out of the rectangular paper container.  The little girl reminds him that … Continue reading

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Chocolate Fries


When I was a kid, McDonald’s golden arches formed my heavens gate.  My sister Margrit loves to remind me how my mom would deliver McDonald’s to me at school for lunch.  It happened.  And, yes, my sister did have to … Continue reading

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Brownie Addins


Chocolate brownies.  Are there any other kind?  Well, like any good basic chocolate bar, chocolate brownies make a good foundation for a multitude of wonderful addins.  This can turn an ordinary chocolate brownie into a fantastic dessert…or meal.  Personally, I would … Continue reading

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Nunu Cashew Caramels


I love Nunu Chocolates.  This Brooklyn chocolatier creates yummy stuff, which I am elated to share with you.  This time around I decided to add the Salt Roasted Cashew Caramels.  Even though I had never tried them, the description was … Continue reading

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Worth Their Salt


Ahhhh.  Salt. Salt has been a part of human existence almost from the start. About 4000 years ago, China pioneered salt production by sinking deep bamboo shafts to extract brine and boil it. In West Africa, caravans trekked the Saharan … Continue reading

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Chocolate Bruschetta


This decadent recipe combines some basic ingredients we already know and love and puts them all together in one yummy place:   salt, bread, olive oil and chocolate. It is a simple recipe that’s fun to prepare.  It’s great as … Continue reading

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Salty Sweet Thing


Are you a fan of salty/sweet?  When you go to a party, do you reach for the chocolate covered nuts or pretzels?  Then I have the perfect bar for you! The BruCo Salt bar is made from two different types of … Continue reading

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