I have two charity things going for which I am offering truffles: The Purple Dove – raising money to support LGBT youth and Death Bi Chocolate. The latter had a call for vegan things, so the first round will be vegan – that just means I have spices steeping in coconut milk, instead of heavy … Continue reading “Project: Chocolate Truffles”
Monday, March 5 morning: set coconut milk for truffle ganache to steep (lime&coconut, Orchid Oolong tea) evening: empty dishwasher reheat coconut milk make ganache for truffles coat candied tangelo slices in sugar and leave to dry longer set yogurt to drain clean downstairs bathroom sweep front room open tables and start setting up chairs dinner: … Continue reading “Planning for City Kitties”
So I have a friend who is serious about Chocolate, who for the last 15 years has been taking a week off to make chocolate things. Many things. Amazing things. Since I started making truffles, the possibility of making desserts has seemed slightly less intimidating and I’ve started exploring baking. This year, I took a … Continue reading “Chocolate Studies”
Thursday Did not make progress of truffles because I had house buying mischief. Closing date is set to January 31st. Mortgage rate would be 5%, which is higher than I’d hoped. Apparently rates went up right before the holidays. Do you think it would be weird/too late to shop around more? I still don’t believe … Continue reading “Weekend of food and glory”
So I have these insanely hot peppers to test (see previous entry for full disclaimer about free peppers), and I don’t actually have any friends who will eat spicy foods with me. They sometimes have difficulties with black pepper. I solved that by putting out a call on the internet to find local people who … Continue reading “Ghost Chili Breakfast”