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To Budini, or Not To Budini?

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Since it’s Valentine’s day, I’ll let you in on a little secret… This budini is one of my favorite desserts, and one of the simplest recipes I’ve made. I love simple cooking. If you keep baking chocolate on hand, it can be whipped up in no time flat after the arrival of an unexpected visitor or for a spur of the moment craving after dinner!

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Eat Dessert First: A Weekend in NYC

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Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. ~Ernestine Ulmer I don’t always live by this motto. Most of the time I eat a pretty healthy balanced diet, but sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind and have dessert first – literally and metaphorically.

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At My Leisure: Mexican Chocolate Cookies

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As you may know, I’ve had a lot of leisure time this week, and I’ve been trying to make the most of it. I’ve been aiming for a combination of active leisure and pure relaxation. One of my favorite flow insprising activities (other than writing) is cooking. I have a tendency stray from recipes adjusting them to my tastes as I go, and below is an example of one such endeavor.

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Wisdom of Italian Chocolate

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Chocolate and hazelnuts is one of my favorite combinations. So I loved Baci chocolates from the first taste and Nutella, but that’s an entirely different (French) post! I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that you can tour the Perugina factory, which is near Perguia, Umbria.

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