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....

The other day I came across this new product at the local supermarket (new to me at least) – a Porcini Mushroom Mill. (below) I grated some over our Alfredo Pasta (above) and it added a nice accent flavor. Was so tasty, even the toddler ate it! I recommend...

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...

Hearty Beef Sweet Potato Stew My part of the world remains somewhat chilly (tho nothing like it is usually) and so its a great time to make soups and stews. I had a pot roast on hand and was wondering what to do with it. The last more traditional pot roast I made (whole, cooked...

I had posted a pic in December of fried yucas but had not yet gotten around to putting the how to pics up yet. If you enjoy these, stop by in a few weeks when I get my how-2 guides up and running for sale at a publish-on-demand site. I need to reshoot a few...

Having more fun with my chocolate...

This chocolate sauce is astounding in how delicious it is and how beautifully it coats things. A Flickr Flash slideshow of these photos is shown at the end of this post. As a starting point, I pulled out my trusty and, as yet underused, pastry culinary textbook from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) called...

The chocolate heart that broke my heart. I only poured one mold full and when I was removing it, it snapped. I thought it was a nice visual for a broken...

Pot Roast with Cheese Popovers, Spaetzle, Carrots, and Peach Coulis Pot Roast Ingredients: Pot Roast (a size that fits you pot and appetite, mine was just 3 pounds or so) 1 large white onion 3 cloves garlic 1 small packet Goya Azafran 1 small packet Goya powdered chicken stock 1 small can tomato paste 1...

If you have not visited the Well Fed Network yet, drop that saucier, drop that piping bag, drop that microplaner grater for goodness sakes and go visit! There, you will find a lot of very fresh material, writing, recipes, reviews, cocktail mixological magic and several articles by me, including the following. Enjoy. Visit the Well...