I am an adult (or at least my age dictates so) but when I walk in to a store this time of year and see a display of Reese’s Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs, it never fails to make me want to shriek with glee, grab a bag and go running out of the store […]
Entries from February 2010
Las Vegas Part 2: Ethel’s Chocolates
February 25th, 2010
I had first heard of Ethel’s Chocolates a few years ago while living in Chicago, where they had multiple shops. Sadly according to Yelp, it appears that most (maybe all?) of their Chi-town locations have closed. I never knew that they were based in Las Vegas but figured what better place to revisit them than […]
Viva Las Vegas!
February 19th, 2010
Taste Tester and I took a quick trip over to Vegas for business this week. Instead of getting drunk and gambling away our life’s worth, we learned a few things about Sin City:
- It is truly awesome to leave the snow shovels and thermals behind to run around outside in a t-shirt in mid-February.
- […]
Two Years!
February 12th, 2010
Wow, it’s been two whole years of chocolate and peanut butter blogging! I wonder how much chocolate and peanut butter I’ve actually consumed. Then again, maybe I don’t want to know!
This blog has helped me learn a great deal about my two favorite ingredients, including new and creative ways to put them to use. It […]
Peanut Butter-Stuffed Milk Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
February 11th, 2010
Snow Day! What’d you do to celebrate? I made cookies!
I have been particularly happy with this month’s Every Day with Rachael Ray and not just because of their crazy in-depth pizza article. One of my favorite contributors to Rachael’s mag is Silvana Nardone. I made her Cheesecake-Filled Pumpkin Cupcakes from the November issue and as […]
Szechwan Carrot Soup (with Peanut Butter!)
February 9th, 2010
I may write about the same two ingredients all the time but you’ll rarely find me experimenting with chocolate and/or peanut butter on a savory level. Well, I went outside my comfort zone of cookies and brownies a little this week and gave savory a whirl.
Adam of one of my favorite blogs, Amateur Gourmet recently […]
Categories: peanut butter, recipes
Reader Submission: What Kind of Peanut Butter Eater Are You?
February 5th, 2010
The wonderful Marni of Happy Go Marni informed me of a fun peanut butter-related post on Serious Eats, written by Peanut Butter Enthusiast Lee Zalben of PB&Co. In the post, Lee ponders people’s various peanut butter eating habits.
With about 100 comments following the article, people clearly have an opinion. Quite a few comments reference my […]
