When I was a little girl, my two favorite flavors of ice cream were coffee (I was destined for Seattle) and mint chocolate chip. So when I asked our cousins which flavor ice cream they’d like me to make for an upcoming Dad and son birthday party (yes, both born on the same date), I […]
Theo Chocolate
Manly chocolate
Yesterday I went on a Theo Chocolate factory tour with my aunt and uncle who are visiting from New York. It was great fun, an excursion worthy of its own post. The tour got me thinking about chocolate in general and then, about a particular purchase Big Papa and I made on one of our […]
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Big Papa has a picture of me sitting on his desk that was taken during my college days, back in the late-1970s. In it, I’m barefoot and wearing an Indian-printed skirt, long dark hair flowing over my shoulders. I was a hippie chick, no doubt about it. A vegetarian who didn’t wear leather, I recycled, […]