Each year all of the families, babies included, of my 6 year-old son’s school go camping together by a river that flows from natural hot springs with waterfalls and lush vegetation here in Mexico. The fun river activities, including ziplining (ziplining is the sport of soaring high above the ground while your body is secured in a harness and attached to an overhead cable), campfire dancing and singing,... Read More »
Lucky me to have a friend who gives tours of Mexico and always brings me back criollo (criollo is the rarest and most expensive chocolate in the world) chocolate, from Tabasco and kilos of Mayordomo 100% pure cacao from Oaxaca. Thank you, Alejandra! You will all get a chance to meet Alejandra in the near future, because Alejandra and I are teaming up to offer you luxurious and adventurous chocolate tours... Read More »
The research recommends sticking with dark chocolate. Chocolate is considered dark chocolate when it has 65 percent or higher cacoa content. Dark chocolate is better for us, because it contains less sugar, than semi-sweet or milk chocolate. It is also healthier, because dark chocolate contains more cacoa. This means it has more antioxidants. Did you know it is also abundant in iron? Yes, it is. Chocolate... Read More »
Make Valentine’s Day fun for the both of you. My simple, yet very romantic and playful idea, is to make my easy chocolate fondue recipe, adapted from Tyler Florence chocolate fondue recipe, and serve it with a cold sparkling wine or champagne. You will have so much fun feeding each other marshmallows, banana slices, almond biscotti, angel food cake, pear slices, and cherries all dipped in chocolate. So... Read More »
Some of the family are coming in tomorrow afternoon from Mexico City for a visit. I’m keeping it simple and just invited them over for coffee and dessert. I have a tendency to overdo things, but resisted the temptation this time. I’m needing some R&R. I’m even trying to schedule a massage. So instead of baking something fancy and complicated, my oldest son and I made 2 loaves of my... Read More »
You have probably heard the good news: chocolate is good for your health. But is it really? How can those fabulously rich brownies and other yummy chocolate treats we love be healthy when they are also responsible for expanding our derrieres? I decided to investigate the claim that chocolate is healthy and share my findings with you.
The first thing I discovered is that this news is hardly new. The use of... Read More »
Tere’s Oaxacan Mole Negro Recipe
Serves 12 Preparation time: 6 hours
Ingredients:
4 oz. or 8 dried mullato chiles (dried poblano chiles)
2 oz. or 5 dried pasilla chiles
2 oz. or 5 dried chilhuacle chiles (these are hard to find, so you will need to order these online)
½ dried chipotle chile
1 corn tortilla, torn into small pieces
½ small onion, peeled and cut in half
2 unpeeled garlic cloves
lard or... Read More »
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