Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the — what? Oh, the sun’s out. The weather isn’t all that bad after all. Well, never mind that – it’s still holiday season and nothing says holidays better than a festive, steaming mug of hot cocoa.* This must be why National Hot Cocoa Day (Dec 13) sits [...]

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As I was perusing this morning’s news, I saw an article about breakfast on the go. Now, if I am in the mood and have time, breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. But alas, so often I don’t have time and I am not the only one. People are always grabbing something “on [...]

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I’ve been musing elsewhere about the snow.  Well, musing and whinging. So it was with great joy that I stumbled across the City Bakery calendar of flavors for the 2011 Hot Chocolate Festival (their annual Feb event). Don’t think there’s enough varieties of hot chocolate to fill a whole month – even if it’s a [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. Apparently the Herb of the Year for 2011 is (drum roll please) . . . horseradish! Yes, yes – many are called but few are chosen – and in the case of Herb of the Year, only one is chosen. I suppose that this means National [...]

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60-70 years?  Not a bad run.  Lauded and loathed in turns, Gourmet was at the center of food writing for a very long time. It was aspirational stuff – most of us were never going to experience culinary travel like that or be in a position to compare and contrast the top ten truffle oils. [...]

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