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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Del Ray Dish

Chocolate Covered Anything Day

Dec. 16 is a dream for chocoholics

Thursday is Chocolate-Covered Anything Day and I can't think of a more perfect day to mark on the calendar. This could be a chocolate addict's favorite day. A day to pig out and indulge in a great temptation. And it couldn't come at a better time, right in the middle of the traditional holiday season.    There are many different types of chocolate that you can use to top your food: White chocolate, milk chocolate, semisweet, bittersweet and unsweetened. Pour or drizzle chocolate over baked goods such as cakes, pies, muffins and breakfast foods like pancakes. You can also try things like fruits (dried or regular) and nuts. You decide how extreme you want to be and what to mix with chocolate. So go ahead, cover all your favorite foods with…

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Sherell Williams

7:58 pm on Wednesday, December 15, 2010

I was unaware this holiday existed. I think I've been celebrating it all my life. I just might have to make tomorrow a special occasion and bake something, then cover it in chocolate.   more ›

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Del Ray Dish

Visiting the Sweetest Place on Earth

Creating lasting family memories

Last year, my family started a new tradition for the day after Thanksgiving. No, we did not go Black Friday shopping at 3 a.m. (although I did consider it this year). Instead, we drove to Hershey, Pa., for some fun rides and a chocolate overload. Who better to partake in this adventure than our closest friends, the Soares family. We had so much fun last year that we decided to return for another sweet trip.  I am a card-carrying chocoholic and Hershey provides one of the best venues for a weekend bender, complete with a cherry on top. Did you know that the entire town smells like chocolate? Fantastic, I tell you. Imagine smelling rich, dark chocolate every day of the year. That beats the toasty coal or pungent water treatment winds that …

Marjorie Salwin

11:04 pm on Wednesday, December 1, 2010

"We are all Uighurs" When President Kennedy went to the Berlin Wall during Camelot he said "I am a citizen of Berlin." With a tin ear for politics and no knowledge of history including but not limited to the fabulous career of anybody who wasn't from an Ivy League School, and certainly not the history of the Irish people in Boston, President Barack Obama never got to say anything like that …   more ›

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