Visit my new page with a Ghirardelli chocolate wonderland and chance to win a $100 Visa gift card here -> LINK I will also be sharing a recipe for chocolate chip cheesecake and for these delicious caramel chocolate covered apples you see below. Make the...

(This post will appear on The Spirit World blog, a member of the Well Fed Network) I received a sample of the 100% Organic Partida Agave Nectar some time ago and it has been quite a journey as I developed recipes for this interesting product. The Partida Tequila company makes their tequila, as you might...

Hmmmm, chocolate. It’s likely something we all take for granted. You might think that the definition of chocolate is an inherent thing and you might think that when you go to the store and when you buy something that is called chocolate that it would, indeed, BE chocolate. For the most part, that is what...

(Chocolate Coconut Hedgie Cookies) I am a super bad mom, I really am. Once the caffeine hit the system this morning I jumped up and baked these cookies (the dough was in the fridge overnight). The bad part is that we essentially had these for breakfast. We are going to have a second course of...

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As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a new cookbook called “Tried and True Cookies”, recipes from AllRecipes.com contributors. There are quite a few of the old home favorites and several iterations of various types of cookie to choose from. As I was thumbing through the book, I saw a group for lemon...

(My winning image: Spice cake with homemade dark chocolate sauce © 2006 Nika)I am very proud and honored to say that I am one of the four first place winners in the first annual Food & Wine Magazine food photography contest! They write about the contest on the Food & Wine Magazine web site. The...

Now with order restored I am looking forward to being productive again. I have taken a break from the chocolate and have found the most delicious California navel oranges. More than just being pretty, I have in mind a way to use these as an accent in some spreadable white chocolate that I am developing....

I continue to look for ways to use my chocolate sauce (this is what happens when you use a pound of chocolate!). I had a ripe mango on hand and felt like assembling it into a dessert with various textures. I made a smoothie from the remainder of the mango (that is always good Recipe...

Having more fun with my chocolate...