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These chocolate truffle cookies are the best of the best! They are soft and delicate with just the right amount of sweetness and chocolate. I think I should warn you though – it is impossible to eat just one; actually, it’s almost impossible to eat less than 5 or 6.
The cookie dough is a mix [...]

Okay, let me start off by saying, I think that most kitchen “gadgets” are useless! I have seen some doozies in my days – has anyone ever heard of the “butter cutter”?  I also think it is interesting that often the people with the most gadgets are the ones that usually do the least amount [...]

Did you know that a crab’s shell is actually its skeleton and is mostly made up of calcium? In order for a crab to grow, it must molt its shell. The younger the crab is, the more often it will molt.
I came across this twice over the holidays. I had steamed some Alaskan King Crab [...]

I have had this recipe for Potato-Chip Tortilla Española, bookmarked on my screen for months now. I even bought the potato chips over a month ago (I can’t believe I was able to hide them from everyone – including myself – for so long).I suppose if they weren’t the fancy olive oil potato chips, which [...]