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Ambition, Thy Name is Chocolate!
Date: Feb. 2nd 2008
Category: Cookbooks, Flavour of the Month, Chocolate
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Well, February certainly isn’t shy.
She has announced herself with much snow and bluster around these parts, anyway. But I don’t mind. The weather has given all of us the perfect reason to hunker down and indulge in hot chocolate and cookbooks.
As I perused The Overburdened Bookshelf for a book to feature as the Flavour of the Month, my eye kept coming back to a recent addition to the bookshelf, Maxine Clark’s Chocolate: Deliciously Indulgent Recipes for Chocolate Lovers.
I bought this book because when I opened it, the very first picture I saw made my mouth water. I immediately snapped it shut and marched to the checkout counter.
Picky shopper, I am not.
Anyway, the experience has given me an idea about the month of February. What if, for the entire month, all my posts were chocolate-related? Can it be done?
Let’s just see, shall we …
Ciao!
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02/2/08 at 3:45 pm
great idea
can’t wait to see what’s to come…
02/2/08 at 4:46 pm
can it be done? oh yes, yes it can.
02/2/08 at 4:52 pm
Ooooo, please make it all chocolate this month! I am a frequent lurker on your site and really enjoy trying your recipes. The real crepe cake was a huge hit at Christmas and I am making your coconut cake for a birthday tomorrow. Thanks for such a great blog!
02/2/08 at 5:03 pm
“Resident Chocoholic” here…bring it on!
02/2/08 at 8:04 pm
A month of chocolate? Yippee!
02/2/08 at 8:29 pm
OH yes, definitely blog about chocolate! I will just have to remember to check your blog after I eat lunch.
02/2/08 at 9:29 pm
Ohhhh… a chocolate February? I will stay tuned! Well, I do anyway, but I’ll stay tuned with extra anticipation
02/2/08 at 11:44 pm
mmmm chocolate!
02/3/08 at 12:12 am
It can be done…can’t wait to see. BTW…go Leafs…beat those Sens.
02/3/08 at 7:07 am
I’m good with that Cream Puff but I just don’t believe that even you can do it. Somewhere along the way there must be something more than chocolate. Chocolate all month long . . .
02/3/08 at 8:13 am
Absolutely it can be done. It should be done, so as to satisfy those of us with chocolate addictions.
Not me, you understand.
02/3/08 at 8:56 am
As a February baby…I’ll be 20 on the 27th…I totally support the chocolate-izing of this month! How else will we cope with the prospect of 6 more weeks of winter??
02/3/08 at 11:32 am
please do something flourless Ha ha ha. There is no cure for my chocoholism (is it posible to say that word ?) and is it posible to call this month Chocobruary? hi hi always playing with the language ; )
02/3/08 at 2:07 pm
My only worry is that a month of chocolate would not be enough?????
I do like “Chocobruary” very much…. may adopt that…
02/3/08 at 5:52 pm
well, I don’t eat chocolate (I’m nicknamed the “carob queen,” haha), but that sounds like a lovely theme this month for your posts! :0)
02/3/08 at 8:16 pm
Just read that hot chocolate made with cocoa (not unsweetened, bittersweet, semi-sweet, milk, or white chocolate) and non-fat milk is actually heart healthy. Who knew? Love the idea of all chocolate posts this month. Will be checking to see what you post
02/4/08 at 7:10 am
mmmmmm looking forward to this month!!
02/4/08 at 8:36 am
I shall be watching very closely! My favourite subject - chocolate!
It will kill me though I think and I’ll just be another victim of death by chocolate!
02/4/08 at 10:50 am
I look forward to seeing what you do with this–I say go for it!
Is it limited to desserts/sweets, or will you be including dinner in the chocolate challenge?
02/4/08 at 11:23 am
A whole month of chocolate posts? This sounds like a dream I once had…
02/4/08 at 3:06 pm
Oh, I think you will succeed, and not lose any readers along the way. Will there be any savory chocolate recipes along the way - chocolate sauce for game, or a mexican-style mole?
02/4/08 at 6:13 pm
I have to de-lurk to add my “YES” vote for a month of chocolate! As a total chocaholic, I can’t wait to see what you come up with. . . I know that whatever you do, it will be fabulous, and presented in grand style. Looking forward to it!
02/4/08 at 7:55 pm
[…] that you’re with me during my month of chocolate. For those of you that haven’t read my last post, I am attempting to post food made with chocolate for the entire month of […]
02/4/08 at 9:33 pm
brilliant!! can’t wait to see everything you come up with!
02/5/08 at 9:39 am
Oh please make the macaroons! They sound delicious.
02/6/08 at 3:53 am
You go girl!