Comments on: let Christmas begin

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:36:50 +0000

Hi! I found my way here through Stumble Upon. That's a really interesting way of cooking! I'm by no means a good cook, but that sounds easy enough. That's for the peak at your pages! Lovely pictures. I hope you get those glasses sorted out, they are gorgeous! Happy holidays!

By: joanna

joanna — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:55:36 +0000

may i recommend mad market for chocolate? when i used to work there we had an amazing assortment of chocolate. there was even a dark salty chocolate we kept on one of the end caps.

By: JustaRabbit

JustaRabbit — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:41:33 +0000

I *heart* panforte. I tried it for the first time at my gran's in November. She cuts it into little bite-sized pieces and stores it in the freezer. She'll only bring out a little bit at a time, since she deems it "expensive to make". And she's quite right when compared to a sugar cookie. But luckily I've got the recipe now! So I can make a batch just for me :)

By: William

William — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:56:48 +0000

What kind of Ghirardelli were you using? They have bittersweet in two variates, 60% dark and 70% dark. I'm not the biggest fan of the 60%... 70% is the way to go, nice and rich without overpowering bitterness. It seems to work well in recipes without dominating the rest of the ingredients.

By: Patti

Patti — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:45:53 +0000

Fran's makes my favorite bittersweet. :)

By: Swellanor

Swellanor — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:44:49 +0000

Depending on the flavorings used and the proportions of ingredients, your Italian dessert could be panforte, panpepato, or pangiallo. All are traditional for Xmas. Their spices and dense texture make me think "medieval".

By: Judi

Judi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:30:18 +0000

If you're into super-dark chocolate, Dagoba makes an 87% bar that's quite good called "Eclipse."

By: Darci

Darci — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:42:17 +0000

Good to know someone else is just getting their tree up...Ours will be proudly displayed this evening...