Tag Archives: chocolate

The Duck Blower*

Posted on 01/17/2013 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The name of the drink we adapted this from is a little silly, but the drink is pretty tasty. Serve as a shot with chocolate chip cookies. What are you still serving those with milk? We changed the ratios of … Continue reading →

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Twelve Days of Christmas: Butterscotch and Back-of-The-Bag Fudge

Posted on 12/19/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine I’ve had richer fudge, fudge with far pricier ingredients, better chocolate, but my mom’s fudge has always set the standard by which I judge all other fudges. It was a treat each Christmas. So when I had a … Continue reading →

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Chocolate-Pecan Bread Pudding with Bourbon

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine A bread pudding in the middle of summer, what are we crazy? Well, yes. But here’s the back story. I had a girls’ night and a friend brought two bags of baguette slices. At the end of the … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Figs with Amaretti

Posted on 07/27/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We love watching Lidia Bastianich cook up Italian classics on PBS. This recipe was inspired by one we saw her make a year or so back. We can’t be sure that it was this recipe, since we didn’t write it … Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday with Chocolate

Posted on 06/24/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We’ll be back tomorrow with a new recipe, but thought today we’d just post one we recently tried from another blogger. The recipe for the chocolate zucchini bread above came from Nancy Creative. Here’s her original recipe. If you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Breaking out the bubbly

Posted on 05/31/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Here are two cocktails that use champagne. We tend to use Prosecco, cava or sparkling wine, since they are all more affordable. The classic champagne cocktail calls for regular Angostura bitters, but we used chocolate instead. Orange or another flavor … Continue reading →

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Chocolate and Strawberry Tall Cakes

Posted on 04/20/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine We tend to favor less fussy desserts and I’d been craving a simple strawberry and chocolate dessert using some leftover puff pastry. On the morning of our anniversary, I asked Greg if he’d roll it out and cut … Continue reading →

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Irish Coffee Brownies

Posted on 03/13/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine One of my new coworkers quickly discovered I can say anything with a straight face. So when I told her the secret ingredient in these brownies was whiskey, she about died laughing. I wasn’t joking. Whiskey is serious … Continue reading →

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Great cakes

Posted on 02/29/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This flourless chocolate cake has been a favorite of ours for ages. The recipe was printed in Bon Appetit in April 2001. (We always use dark chocolate not semi-sweet, but don’t otherwise alter the recipe so we’ll just provide the … Continue reading →

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Coffee and cream brownies

Posted on 12/24/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Because caffeine is good for you… Coffee and Cream Brownies For topping 8 ounces cream cheese (softened at room temperature for about 30 minutes) 1/4 cup sugar 1 ounce coffee liqueur 1 large egg 1 tbsp. flour 1/4 tsp ground … Continue reading →

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