Crackers

I have a favorite recipe that calls for lots of butter and brown sugar on top of crackers.  They call for saltines, but over the years I have substituted with Club, and graham crackers.  Now-a-days I use all three in the pan so that everybody gets the one they want.  I usually put nonpareils on my section but the last time I made them I hunted through the cupboard.  

I tried peppermint bits, toffee, and cutting up caramels.  And left a small portion plain.

All good.

Pairing with Wine

While walking through the candy aisle at my local grocery store I found blocks of chocolate that are paired up with wine.  I naturally picked up the dark chocolate and found that it went with sweet wines.  Perfect. 

Chocolate Book

          A story about a Lady who tries to resist chocolate but happily, does not, in the end.

                                                     
                                                                (My kind of story!)

Happy 2015!

Happy New Year All!

I just got back from ringing in the New Year with good friends.  

One of them came up to me holding a tin and asked me, "What is your favorite chocolate?"

I answered, "Chocolate covered marshmallows."

"And you can't get your favorites anymore, right?"

"Right."  I sighed  (I am terribly picky about the marshmallows).

"Well, try these."

She handed me the tin.  I popped it open and discovered --

(Alright, so there's a few gone from the picture.  I think I did pretty good considering 1) I've been without my favorites for a long time and 2) it's chocolate)

These are hand-made little gems and boy, are they wonderful!  (I ate another one after taking the picture)  Hopefully I can do this recipe justice myself and then I'll never be without.

Thank you, dear friend.

It's already shaping up to be a great year.