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Chocolate

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Homemade Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Biscotti...'Nuff Said

    Biscotti -- which literally means "twice-baked " -- are slightly sweet and ultra-crumbly Italian biscuits. The cookies' dry, crisp texture is a result of the second baking. They are the perfect accompaniment for a frothy cappuccino, a breakfast tea or even a sweet dessert wine. More importantly, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Revising A Classic: Seven-Layer Bars

    "Seven layer bars," also known as "magic bars," are one of my favorite baked goods, falling just behind chewy chocolate chip cookies. You may wonder why, then, I would ever mess with the traditional recipe, which calls for butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts (usually walnuts), sweeten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Homemade Twix Bars: A Candy Lover's Dream

    It's February, a month filled with romance, heart-health, a leap day, and mother-effin-chocolate! We've already brought you some of Houston's best ways to indulge in a chocolate a day and learned a little more about dark chocolate, our ingredient of the week. But where would chocolate be, really, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Make It An Easy Valentine's Day With To-Go Treats

    Want something better to give on Valentine's Day than a last-minute heart-shaped box of mediocre chocolates from the drug store? Several local bakers are offering baked goods and other items that you can order in advance and pick up when the big day is closer. Fluff Bake Bar and Fat Cat Creamery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Dinner For Two: A Romantic Valentine's Day Menu

    Romance is in the air...and in my kitchen. This year, my fiancé and I decided to skip our usual Valentine's Day steakhouse special and cook an at-home meal full of flavor and passion. With mussels, steak, and shrimp, I'm sure we won't be missing that over-priced prix-fixe steak dinner. Woo your l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Chocolat d'Arte Hits the Road with Devilish Delights

    After a great deal of planning, faith and up-front investment, Chocolat d'Arte has driven into Houston's burgeoning food truck scene with a new, spotless van. Rich graphics laden with photos of some of the chocolates on offer adorn the sides. Entrepreneur and artisan chocolatier Nancy Burke, of Cho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Christmas Traditions: Mom's Best Fudge

    Remember to cut a small square for yourself, for "testing" purposes.​My mother is known for many things, but chief among them are her Christmas baked goods, including this family recipe for fudge. Each year, lucky friends and family make out with a tin or two. And until my grandfather passed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Go On an Inner Loop Hot Chocolate Crawl

    www.starbucks.com​You say "hot chocolate," I say "hot cocoa." Both equal Liquid Holiday Spirit, so here's an assemblage of hot chocos to try all within a few zip codes. It's a beverage crawl for which you won't need a designated driver. (Unless you consider sugar high a form of impairment.) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Liquor Treat: Using Leftover Halloween Sweets for Six Candy Cocktails

    Photo by terren in VirginiaCandy overload. Must. Make. Cocktails.​Once Halloween has come and gone, I'm always left with a giant pile of Halloween candy. I have eaten it, tortured people by bringing it in to work, and baked it into all kinds of cakes and desserts. But this year, I plan on tryi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    10 Pumpkin Dishes to Try in Houston: #7 Pumpkin Cheesecake at The Chocolate Bar

    Photo by Joanna O'LearyThe Chocolate Bar's Pumpkin Cheesecake. (Slight sugar pecan crumble casualty during photo shoot.)​In 2010, I had a grand ol' time scouring Houston for outstanding pumpkin dishes. One year later I'm older, definitely not wiser, and still in love with orange squash. So f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    5 Simple, Spine-Chilling Snacks For Your Halloween Shindig

    photo via buycostumes.com​Much like crafting chilling cocktails, creating a monster menu is simple and fun if you use a little imagination. We're sharing a few of our favorite Halloween treats perfect for both grown-up's and kid's parties that are actually easy to make -- most recipes have onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Ingredient of the Week: Rainier Cherries

    Photo by John SuhLife is just a bowl of cherries.​I popped my cherry with Rainier cherries when I visited Seattle for the first time several years ago. Walking through Pike Place Market, I came across a fruit stand that sold mounds of these cherries that were, to me at the time, strangely col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Top 5 Simple Foods to Pair with Scotch and Whiskey

    smiling_da_vinci​ I recently started drinking whiskey for the same reason most other people do -- because someone they knew was drinking whiskey. For the past decade, I'd stayed away from the brown stuff, because all the Crown shots from college had left a mental (not to mention liver) scar. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Vosges > Snickers

    Caramel and sea salt: I couldn't love this bar any more if I tried.​Lately, I've been curbing my consumption of sweets significantly by buying expensive chocolate. How does this work? Quite easily, as it turns out. The pressure to buy two Snickers bars for $1 at the gas station can be overwhe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Comment of the Day

    ​Nick Hall wrote about disturbing holiday cakes, which triggered a bad memory for commenter trisch: This post hits too close to home! I'm still traumatized from the birthday party I attended in 2nd grade where the cake was Miss Piggy's head and when they cut it, it was chocolate cake wrapped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    The 5 Best Dessert Menus

    Photo by Gary R. WiseTres leches done the right way at Samba Grille.​Toward the end of Lent, one faithful observer emailed me with a plaintive request: I am a native Houston who has been displaced to Texas A&M in College Station (read: total dearth of anything approaching the kind of food I'v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    St. Paddy's Desserts

    www.mybakingaddiction.com ​You've been invited to a St. Paddy's Day party -- what to bring? Of course, booze is a no-brainer, but what about sustenance to fuel the party? Here are seven spiked desserts to liven up your St. Patrick's Day. 1. Guinness Cupcakes The booze in these cupcakes adds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    A Saner Cookie

    Cocoa fudge cookies.​No matter how healthy I try to be, there is one habit I just can't kick. I need chocolate. It's my drug, and I have no intention of going to rehab. I do try to find the healthiest way to indulge, but one can only pretend to enjoy so many dark chocolate squares. My favorite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 3: Candace Nelson of Sprinkles Cupcakes

    ​This week we had a chat with Candace Nelson of "Sprinkles" Cupcake emporium, located in Highland Village (see first two installments here and here). I brought some sample cupcakes home, invited over some friends and popped open some dry champagne. We all ate until we were in blissful sugar c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    The Dark Side of Chocolate

    ​This week we had a chat with Candace Nelson of "Sprinkles" Cupcake emporium, located in Highland Village (see first two installments here and here). I brought some sample cupcakes home, invited over some friends and popped open some dry champagne. We all ate until we were in blissful sugar c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    New Year's Eve Dinner at Kiran's

    ​This week we had a chat with Candace Nelson of "Sprinkles" Cupcake emporium, located in Highland Village (see first two installments here and here). I brought some sample cupcakes home, invited over some friends and popped open some dry champagne. We all ate until we were in blissful sugar c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Recipe: Mom's Christmas Fudge

    Remember to cut a small square for yourself, for "testing" purposes.​My mother is known for many things, but chief among them are her Christmas baked goods, including this family recipe for fudge. Each year, lucky friends and family make out with a tin or two. And until my grandfather passed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Cheat Sheet: Basic Box Cakes Jazzed Up 4 Ways

    ​For some reason, many of the people I hold near and dear are all born within a two-week window of October. Unfortunately, it's usually the same two-week period as midterms and a host of other pressing responsibilities. Since I have always had that 1950s housewife mentality of needing to bake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Araya Artisan Chocolates: Halloween Chocolates for Grown-Ups

    ​For kids, Halloween is mostly about dressing up, trick or treating, and getting CANDY. As we get older, many of us continue with the dressing up, but the trick or treating switches to parties, and the candy switches to booze. Now don't get me wrong, this is a pretty decent trade, but what if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Odd Pair: Birthday Cake and Durigutti Malbec

    ​I usually like to pair my un-birthday cake with a nice, dry French champagne. After all, if you only have 364 days of the year to celebrate the day on which you were not born, you really should do it up right. But on this occasion, I was seeking a sturdier vino to stand up to my lusciously ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Recipe Review: Bon Appetit's Truffle Brownies

    ​This recipe for truffle brownies is so unbelievably yummy, there is really no need to modify it at all. The only suggestion I have is to be sure to use good-quality chocolate, especially in the ganache part. Also, I like topping each brownie with a walnut half for a nice presentation. I mad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Creole Creamery

    ​What's cooler than being cool? Ice cream...in New Orleans. Having appeared on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Kid in a Candy Store on the Food Network, media darling Creole Creamery had a lot to live up to. With chef Bryan Gilmore at the helm, Creole Creamery offers flavors ranging from th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Pretzel M&M's

    ​I am generally not the biggest fan of standard packaged and/or processed foods, but I am nevertheless inexplicably drawn to specialty versions of such products. When affixed to a package of cookies, crackers or even creamed corn, the words "new," "limited edition" and "seasonal flavor" mesmer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    The Basics: Brownies from a Box

    ​How do you screw up brownies from of a box? Trust us, you can. This weekend, we had dry, flavorless caramel brownies that obviously came from a box. They looked delicious until we took our first bite. We immediately regretted our choice, wishing we had grabbed the chocolate candy instead. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    A Valentine's Day Sure Thing

    Photo by shalawesome​Let's face it; you want to get lucky this Valentine's Day. Well, we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but chocolate isn't going to get you there. Neither are oysters, caviar or champagne. We know all the men out there have their heads in their hands, groaning, "Great, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    International Chocolate Spy

    ​Phoenicia Supermarket on Westheimer and West Houston Center Road has a nice selection of inexpensive imported chocolates on hand for Valentine's Day. Belgian chocolates are available individually for 65 cents each or $16 a pound. There are several gift boxes you can choose from. There are als ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Artisan Chocolates at Whole Foods

    ​All-natural Lake Champlain Chocolates from Vermont are one of the stars of the Valentine's Day "Sweets for Your Sweetie" display at Whole Foods Market on Kirby. The company's chocolate blog is an amusing glimpse into life in a chocolate factory. I like the post about "frog day" on the manuf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    The Big 3: Banana, Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

    ​We are big believers in the sum of an excellent flavor fusion being greater than its parts. And we tend to return over and over again to certain ingredient combinations that just work really well together. That's why we'll be blogging about some of our favorite three-flavor blends that can be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    The Shameless Chef: Happy Holiday Uncookies

    Yup, it's a dessert again, just like Thanksgiving. Something about the holidays ignites my inner sugar lunatic.​Happy Holidays! And no, that's not just political correctness talking; there happens to be plenty of holidays besides Christmas in December, including St. Stephen's Day and the Emperor's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    How To Make The Perfect: Fudge

    Note: This is a rerun of a popular post from last Christmas. We'd be remiss in not sharing our favorite fudge recipe this time of year. Enjoy and good luck in your fudge endeavors. My mother is known for many things, but chief among them is her famous Christmas fudge. Each year, lucky friends and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Chocolate Festival of Texas

    ​This Saturday at the Chocolate Festival of Texas, Eating Our Words set out to see just how much chocolate and wine $25 will buy you at a Sheraton near IAH. The answer is about five half-glasses with no obligation to pour any out, and enough chocolate to make you consider trashing all remaini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Ruggles' Triple Delight Jumbo Cookies

    ​The decorate-a-cookie-for-free option available to little kids at Ruggles Bakery has always made us jealous. Luckily, now we can make our own. These chewy, toffee, chocolate, coconut cookies are one of the special Dessert of the Day selections that come around from time to time. They're big e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Graeter's Makes a Sweet Texas Debut

    Graeter's ice cream -- the only delicious food to come out of Cincinnati (we're looking at you and your abominable bastardization of a perfectly good dish, Cincinnati "chili") -- has been a favorite among dessert fans since its creation in the 1920s. Spanning four generations, the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    The Power of Chocolate

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  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Redux

    Few American culinary inventions have been experimented on, analyzed, tested, and dissected more than the humble chocolate chip cookie. Myriad variations in recipe, presentation and technique have been exhaustively documented. As a home cook I tend to be a traditionalist. So I call for a return ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 24, 2005

    It's All in the Packaging

    Jungle Cafe

  • Dining

    September 30, 2004

    Paper, Plastic or Chocolate

    McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Place to Skip Dinner and Go Straight to Dessert

    Dessert Gallery Bakery & Café

  • Dining

    May 8, 2003

    Feel the Earth Move

    The Dessert Gallery

  • Dining

    January 10, 2002

    A Few of My Favorite Things

    Zula's

  • Dining

    July 6, 2000

    Nice Goobers

    The Raven Grill

  • Dining

    January 6, 2000

    A Fine Kettle of Fish

    Saltwater Grill's novel approach to seafood has Galvestonians moored to the place

  • Dining

    December 30, 1999

    Hot Plate

    Dreyer's new "Dreamery" lineup

  • Dining

    May 6, 1999

    Capital Improvement

    The Travis Cafe feels like Austin -- if Austin had good food

  • Dining

    November 14, 1996

    Pedigree Counts

    Arcodoro has some growing up to do, but Dacapo's already does its parents proud

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