Daily Archive: February 20, 2011

Dragged through the rain

Given my hormonal state, it should be fairly obvious that I was in no mood to go out on Saturday.  Especially once it started pouring in the afternoon.  But Kyle knows that sometimes he has to refuse my homebody requests and drag me out.  He usually knows best.    Wine! We decided to go visit a friend at his restaurant (I’ve mentioned him a few times before).  He is the general manager of North End Caffe, a small restaurant in Manhattan Beach.  If you happen to watch Food Network, you may have seen it featured… Read more >

Hello hormones

Sometimes the perfect storm occurs and a rainy day overlaps with that time of the month (TMI? sorry male readers…) and all I want to do is bake.  Chocolate, specifically.  Yes please! Recently Gabriela made a batch of double dark chocolate peanut butter cookies that I bookmarked for just this sort of occasion.  I modified the recipe a bit, as noted below. Double Chocolate PB Crunch Cookies (adapted from this recipe) Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 cup sucanat vegan cane sugar 1/4 tsp salt 3 tbsp special dark chocolate cocoa powder 1/2 cup… Read more >