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6 Chocolate Recipes and $100 off Rouxbe

6 Chocolate Recipes and $100 off Rouxbe

Despite my passion for chocolate, I have never been a huge Valentine’s Day fan. I try to ignore it, not because I am cynical about love, but because I believe affection, gifts and surprises should be dictated by the heart, not the calendar. Or at 

Last-Minute Christmas Gifts

Last-Minute Christmas Gifts

It’s almost noon on the day before Christmas Eve and I’m not finished my shopping. Not by a long shot. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess  I’m not the only one who needs the born-of-fear adrenaline to face the holiday 

Happy Thanksgiving: How to Carve Poultry

Happy Thanksgiving: How to Carve Poultry

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! Since I can’t join you in person and help out  with dinner, I thought I’d share a video that could make your holiday meal run a bit more smoothly — or at least save your good table cloth from 

Rouxbe Video Links

Rouxbe Video Links

When Staples finally wakes up and realizes there’s a fortune to be made with a “Harder Than It Looks” button, I’m buying a couple and mailing them out to the west coast. One’s for Joe, co-founder of Rouxbe Online Cooking School, who came up with 

Orange and Carrot Salad

Orange and Carrot Salad

Winter has returned with a vengeance, Dumping great soggy clumps of slush on our heads. In the face of this penetrating cold, I don’t want hot soup. I don’t want great steaming mounds of comfort food. I want warm temperatures and sunshine. And I want