Yarrow: Saturday, February 7th
If you attended the group in Yarrow on February 7th, thanks! We had a great time and I hope you enjoyed it, too. Here is a link to some ideas for chocolate making!Part 1 and Part 2....
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If you attended the group in Yarrow on February 7th, thanks! We had a great time and I hope you enjoyed it, too. Here is a link to some ideas for chocolate making!Part 1 and Part 2....
Chocolate! Who doesn’t love chocolate? And when it’s made with love, then it’s lovely chocolate for a lovely day. My previous posts on this topic can be found:Part 1: The basics of chocolate making; and Part 2: Painting and filling chocolates HOW TO VALENTINE UP YOUR CHOCOLATESMake some candy heart bark: Melt about 20 grams...
How to make games night better? Make the games out of food! That way if you win – you can eat the game. And if you lose, you can punish the game by eating it! It’s win-win! (As a note, we’re doing cupcake and cookie decorating in the spring…anyone up for this?)So I bring you...
I love bacon in all its incarnations — maple bacon, 50% less salt bacon (which, ironically, tastes saltier), regular bacon cooked when we’re camping, eggs fried in bacon fat, and so on. My favourite has to be British bacon: It’s called “gammon” and it is either not smoked but cured, or not cured but smoked,...
Yep, there’s even more you can do with chocolate once you’ve learned the basics of chocolate making… PAINTING WITH CHOCOLATEFor visual instruction, click here!You can paint in your molds to create chocolates with different colours. For instance, you can create a cute present chocolate (like the one in the link above) by painting the bow...