M&Ms Get Desperate
This week the top ten American Idol finalists (including this season’s kinda dreamy winner, Lee Dewyze) performed in New York… inside of a giant pretzel M&M.
Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’
Mast Brothers Chocolate
Hailing from Brooklyn, it’s the world’s prettiest bar of chocolate made by Mast Brothers Chocolate. Brothers Rick & Michael Mast personally handcraft the artisan chocolate in small batches using cacao sourced from family farms in Ecuador, Madagascar, and Venezuela.
Summer Treat
Yesterday I read that the average pina colada has over 600 calories—and that’s a conservative estimate. So while I’m scratching that off the “Summer-Treats-Worth-The-Splurge” list, I’m adding a new one…
The 2nd Annual Little Dish Gift Guide
(Left to Right) Himalayan Salt Plate For the foodie who’s seen (& eaten) it all: a hand-cut block of pink salt that adds a hint of flavor to foods. Use it right on the grill, in the oven, or chill it to use as a beautiful way to serve sushi. Sur la Table: $40 Selvedge [...]
Dessert @ RA Sushi
It’s RA, part two! After a really excellent dinner, we finished the night at RA with a light dessert. It’s always sad to finish a refreshing meal with a really thick, heavy dessert… like rice pudding… or chocolate lava cake. For something like sushi, a dessert “sushi” is a truly fitting option. RA’s Banana Maki [...]
Dinner @ Local
Every year Dallas’ premier restaurants take part in Dining Out In Dallas, an annual fundraiser benefiting The Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation. DFW chefs each donate a table for 10 to be bid on & the proceeds go to this excellent cause. This year, we had the pleasure of getting a table at Local with family & [...]
GOT MEIJI?
These are my new favorite candies. I bought a bag of them at a little grocery store in Tokyo and have been rationing them out since I got home. They are a LOT like M&Ms, but the candy shells and the chocolate inside are ever so slightly different. Yes, the differences are very subtle, but [...]
Chocolate Checkerboards from Ghirardelli
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a really great holiday. Lots of relaxing and lounging around, but now it’s time to get back into things! I received three cookbooks for Christmas and was excited to try some recipes out, so my sister and I decided to bake cookies from The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook [...]
Almond Biscotti From Smitten Kitchen
‘Tis the season of baking! This weekend, I decided to bake biscotti and pair it with little coffee packages as gifts for my coworkers. Unfortunately, my go-to cooking mentor Barefoot Contessa doesn’t have a biscotti recipe So in this instance, I turned to the trusted cooking blog, Smitten Kitchen. Run by Deb, a true foodie, [...]
Give Tasty: The First Annual LD Gift Guide
Less than two weeks until Christmas and you’re still making your list? Just in time, it’s the First Annual Little Dish Gift Guide! Delicious, whimsical, even spooky—it’s got a little bit of everything for your favorite foodies… Genius Design Designed by Jakob Wagner, it’s the prettiest wall-mounted wine rack. Ever. $40.00 & up (depending on [...]