Chocolate White-Chip Cookies: 1 1/2     cups flour
1/2     teaspoon baking soda
1/2     teaspoon salt
1/2     cup (1 stick) butter, cut up
12     ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3     eggs
1/2     cup brown sugar
1     teaspoon vanilla extract
12     ounces (2 cups) white chocolate chips

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt to blend them.

3. In a large saucepan, melt the butter and semisweet chocolate over very low heat; set aside to cool.

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Recipes Of Whoopie: After years of cupcake fever, there's a new contender for the title of hot new dessert: The whoopie pie – two discs of soft chocolate cake filled with all sorts of exotica, from marshmallow fluff to pumpkin is making a huge comeback. Claudia Egger, owner of Toronto's Frangipane Pâtisserie, came up with a unique salted-caramel-cream-filled version for a fundraiser I co-ordinated in support of a new play called When My Name Was Anna, opening in February and based on the Michael Ondaatje novel Divisadero. Eggers created pies that one might eat in California and France, where the book is set. Besides the all-American whoopie pies, she also suggested a fruit tart and a vanilla-laced cheesecake, both of which are ideal for using up late-summer fruit like blueberries and pluots (a cross between plums and apricots). Whoopie pies with salted caramel cream.

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With the Cardiff media momentarily distracted by the potential arrival of a big American sports bar in the centre of Cardiff and the moral outrage that followed, another American import, Ruby Tuesday, may have slipped under the radar slightly.

At first glance, Hooters, Ruby Tuesday and its neighbour TGI Friday, have much in common – making a living out of ribs, wings, burgers and beer. However, members of staff were quick to point out that Ruby Tuesday is most definitely a family restaurant and the only thing on display there are their big, American-sized portions.The portions are indeed huge – everything from the half rack of Ribs to the Double Chocolate Cake seemed super-sized. Even the "mini" combo burgers seemed larger than their name belied, though somehow lacked the intense meaty flavour and seasoning of their big brothers.

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Basically, ice cream comes in two styles: Custard (or French custard-style) and Philadelphia (also called "American"). Philadelphia-style ice cream contains no egg yolks and does not require cooking.Yield: about 1 quart 

2 1/4 cups heavy cream
    * 6 tablespoons unsweetened, Dutch-processed cocoa powder
    * 1 cup sugar
    * Pinch of salt
    * 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
    * 1 cup whole milk
    * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    * Ice cream machine

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This Independence Day, Gelato Italiano provides you the prefect reason to celebrate and titillate your taste buds with some delicious mouth-watering flavours of Gelato.Celebrate India’s freedom with three delicious flavours from Gelato Italiano - Orange Blossom; Berry Delight; and Peach and Apricot.

This year for Independence Day get freedom from the dull and ordinary flavours and try some fresh, delicious and natural flavours of Gelato Italiano.These are available at a special price of Rs. 20/- between August 12th and 15th, 2010 across Gelato Italiano kiosks around the city.

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The famous Manhattan restaurant has created not one, but two amazing desserts, each featuring 24 carat edible Swiss gold. The £630 Grand Opulence Sundae sounds cheap in comparison to the  record-breaking £15,730 Frrrozen Haute Chocolate, which requires customers to give at least two weeks notice before they are able to actually sit down and tuck in.

'We produced the Grand Opulence to celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2005,' said Joe Calderone, 48, a spokesperson for Serendipity. 'We wanted something to match out golden anniversary, so based our sundae around that precious metal.

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These pills will no doubt make anyone happy. No, they aren't the purple and yellow kind. These are so delicious that they are made out of chocolate!

A chocolate pill can cure anything in this whole wide world, don't you think? No matter what your reason for feeling down and out is, these pills will surely elevate your mood.

It means, come on, it's chocolate, the magical substance. One thinks, these yummy pills will definitely put Prozac out of business. There are 30 delicious chocolate pills in a blister pack. One strip of these chocolate pills costs $7.50.

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In last week’s post, I mentioned how silken tofu creates a deliciously ‘creamy’ texture, making it perfect as a base for everything from salad dressings and pasta sauces to soy yogurt and even… chocolate cream pie. Yes, you heard correctly – chocolate cream pie for vegans… Does life get any better?

This decadent dessert is deliciously velvety and delightfully rich, yet it contains zero animal products and therefore, absolutely no cholesterol. If you don’t have the time, the patience, or the confidence to make a pie crust from scratch, take a look at your local health food store and you may well find that they sell a pre-made vegan pie crust.

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 Did you know it's National Cheesecake Day? And it's Friday. Two perfect excuses for a treat. If you want to indulge, here are some suggestions about how to work off those, oh, 500 CALORIES! That's right, a single slice of plain - no cherries or chocolate - cheesecake will set you back at least 411 calories.

And if you go to the Cheesecake Factory, adjust that number to 500 calories. You'll also get a healthy dose of fat - 36 grams (16 of which are saturated), 185.0 mg of cholesterol, 310 mg of sodium, and 42 grams of carbs! So, after your treat, it seems that we have a little work to do.

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It’s enlightened capitalism seldom seen in the chocolate industry: Theo Chocolate owner Joe Whinney and VP of Sales Debra Music refer to their theory of success as “doing good by doing well” in a Seattle TED Talk. “It seems in this world that financially successful businesses come at the expense of something: the expense of the environment…the expense of other people,” says Debra.

Chocolate’s bad press is centered around the mistreatment of laborers, and for good reason. Much of the cocoa we consume comes from plantations that are run by slave and child labor. Further complicating the issue, cocoa beans from multiple sources are blended together before shipment to processors in Europe, who then ship the chocolate to manufacturers in the U.S. Such makes it impossible for many companies to know exactly where and how the cocoa originated. More than 40% of the world’s cocoa comes from the Cote d’Ivoire.

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