I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Captain's Log, Stardate 11.05.2009
Those of you on Twitter and Facebook saw mefreaking out patiently waiting for my chocolate to arrive. Well, they came on Wednesday!
Isn’t this pretty? I love pretty packaging.
You can order the chocolates here if you can’t help yourself. Just to warn you, they’re a bit pricey and contrary to how they look, each truffle is only a little bigger than a marble.
The flavors are very intense, however, so actually I don’t think I’d have been happy with a larger piece of candy—it would have been too much. When I eat some truffles from a local chocolatier, they’re too much for me, and I end up only eating 1/4 or 1/3 of each truffle in each sitting and putting it back in the fridge. But it doesn’t taste as good when I pick it up again.
Anyway, here are the flavors of the truffles (because of course I already tasted each flavor as soon as the box arrived!):
Mascarpone and Ceylon Cinnamon Snap: Italian mascarpone + Ceylon cinnamon + organic sour cream + 45% deep milk chocolate
This is by far my favorite flavor. I love the combination of cinnamon and mascarpone and sour cream.
Candy Cane Peppermint: All natural candy cane + peppermint + 65% dark chocolate
This ties with the eggnog (below) for my second favorite in the box. The ganache in the middle is sinful! I also tend to like mint chocolate, so this was really yummy to me.
Eggnog and Jamaican Rum: Appleton Estate rum + Grenadian nutmeg + ginger + Dominican Republic white chocolate
Very tasty! The white chocolate is a tad sweet for my taste, but the combination of spices is excellent!
Holiday Plum Pudding: plum + French Armagnac + Sicilian almond marzipan + 65% dark chocolate
My least favorite in the box, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it. The Armagnac gives it a really decadent kick.
There you go! The chocolate I wasscreaming about patiently waiting for!
Those of you on Twitter and Facebook saw me
You can order the chocolates here if you can’t help yourself. Just to warn you, they’re a bit pricey and contrary to how they look, each truffle is only a little bigger than a marble.
The flavors are very intense, however, so actually I don’t think I’d have been happy with a larger piece of candy—it would have been too much. When I eat some truffles from a local chocolatier, they’re too much for me, and I end up only eating 1/4 or 1/3 of each truffle in each sitting and putting it back in the fridge. But it doesn’t taste as good when I pick it up again.
Anyway, here are the flavors of the truffles (because of course I already tasted each flavor as soon as the box arrived!):
Mascarpone and Ceylon Cinnamon Snap: Italian mascarpone + Ceylon cinnamon + organic sour cream + 45% deep milk chocolate
This is by far my favorite flavor. I love the combination of cinnamon and mascarpone and sour cream.
Candy Cane Peppermint: All natural candy cane + peppermint + 65% dark chocolate
This ties with the eggnog (below) for my second favorite in the box. The ganache in the middle is sinful! I also tend to like mint chocolate, so this was really yummy to me.
Eggnog and Jamaican Rum: Appleton Estate rum + Grenadian nutmeg + ginger + Dominican Republic white chocolate
Very tasty! The white chocolate is a tad sweet for my taste, but the combination of spices is excellent!
Holiday Plum Pudding: plum + French Armagnac + Sicilian almond marzipan + 65% dark chocolate
My least favorite in the box, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it. The Armagnac gives it a really decadent kick.
There you go! The chocolate I was
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