Beer and Chocolate. No Joke.
Posted: March 2, 2012 Filed under: Head of the Table – 10 Best, Mike the Gay Beer Guy | Tags: Boulevard Brewing Company, Brewing, Cocoa solids, Egg white, Egg yolk, homebrewed beer, Mash ingredient, Mike the Gay Beer Guy, Molten chocolate cake, molten lava cakes, Ramekin Leave a comment »
Mike the Gay Beer Guy weighs in on the wonders of chocolate and, yes, beer.
So who likes chocolate? Here’s a quick desert that takes about 20 minutes to make, 10 minutes to bake, and an evening to enjoy! We make this molten lava cake a few times a month … very little “real” baking technique is required and the results are amazing. This recipe is from Epicurious, and can be doubled or halved as needed. For tonight I only made two, even though we have 4 ramekins. Did I mention it’s quick and easy?! And of course why would I pair this with anything other a chocolate beer!
Red Velvet Wonderfulness
Posted: February 20, 2012 Filed under: Head of the Table – 10 Best, Table Talk: Janet – posts by Janet | Tags: cheesecake, Cocoa solids, cream cheese, Food coloring, Oreo, Sprinkles Red Velvet Heart Cupcakes, valentine's day Leave a comment »
Janet here: I have never met a cheesecake I didn’t like. The creaminess, the cream cheese taste, the complete decadence — it is one of my favorite indulgences.
I am also a major fan of red velvet cupcakes (which I would just like to register a moment of complaint about here that at Rachel’s wedding celebration in our backyard we had both red velvet cupcakes AND cheesecake cupcakes and I did not get a single one. Apparently our guests share my tastes.). Anyway given the combination of cheesecake and red velvet tastiness in this picture I saw in the February Food Network Magazine, it is no surprise I ripped this recipe out of the magazine immediately.
Chocolate + Caramel = Amazing
Posted: February 6, 2012 Filed under: Table Talk: Janet – posts by Janet | Tags: baking, banana chocolate chip cookies, butter, caramel, chocolate cookies, Cocoa solids, coconut, Connecticut, cream, homemade cookies, salt, Teaspoon Leave a comment »
Janet here:
Yes, the cookie obsession continues. Here’s the inception of this particular combo. The setting: Casa de Roomie, where I live part-time as I travel between New York and Connecticut. Scene: I’m ripping out recipes from magazines (click here for my little, um, issue with this habit). Roomie is ripping out magazines for a vision board. Her daughter is finishing adding the finishing touches on a Modge Podge project.
Whoopee for Whoopie Pies
Posted: August 13, 2010 Filed under: Table Talk Times Two - posts by Janet and Rachel together | Tags: baking, chcolate, Cocoa solids, Cook, cream cheese, desserts, flour, Home, homemade desserts, recipes, Teaspoon, Whoopie pie, whoopie pies Leave a comment »
Janet here: I’m not sure why I never made whoopie pies when our kids were little. I mean it seems like a no-brainer for someone who likes to bake, has a bit of a cupcake fetish, and who was a major Ring Ding, Yodels kind of gal as a child. But I didn’t. In fact I’m not sure I even knew they existed until fairly recently.
At any rate, I’ve had kind of a fixation about them ever since learning about them. I even went out and bought a whoopie pie baking tin, whose holes are decidedly thinner than traditional cupcake baking tins — this from the woman who doesn’t own a food processor. Maybe it’s a mid-life thing.
