For Illustration Friday, subject is: double. Which is what you'll become if you eat too many of these. My friend Candy (her real name) says the reason ice cream sundaes are so good is that they combine the hot sauce with the cold ice cream. I had never thought of that combination as the key factor, ...

Picture of homemade pie. You would think that with a title of (take deep breath) Trader Joe's Chocolate Pumpkin Pecan Praline Tart, how could they miss, right? Nice cheerful orange label with chocolate dots, attractive looking pie. But I won't make you wait until the end of the review: thumbs down. What is the difference between tart ...

For Illustration Friday, the subject was: "sugary." I've always hated to follow directions, and the sound of this word sets my teeth on end, anyway. I've never liked powdered sugar on baked goods. But I do like jimmies! Out here they call them sprinkles. I prefer all chocolate. I found a whole forum on jimmies, here. Someone ...

This is part of the original post. The cartoon and the rest of it are now on my chocolate blog. There was a sad obit in the LA Times this weekend: Robert Steinberg, who founded Scharffen Berger chocolate, passed away. I found their fresh baking chocolate to be superb! The Food Paper agrees with me on the ...

"Chocolate happens, dear." you've got my full attention. The Drawing I've done cartoons on chocolate from the very beginning of my cartoon career, even before chocolate became acceptable and not shameful! So I had a nice little stash of them before I signed a contract for my book on chocolate, but once I added them up, it was ...

Severe no for Trader Joe's Chocolate Chunk Cookies. The cookies are dry and the chocolate is not satisfying and tastes cheap. I'm Yankee thrifty, but I'm tempted to throw the rest out! Ingredients look fine (ie, no corn syrup, which I won't eat anymore), and there's a bit of honey, which will usually raise the ...