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Creamy Chocolate Date Bars

February 29, 2012 by mollygilbert520 8 Comments

It’s getting closer.  The big date, I mean.  You know, the date!  The one on which I board a flight from New York City, wing my way out to California, and then stay there.  Like, for good.

March 5th is that date, and there are signs everywhere telling me that it’s just around the corner.  Signs like a wine- and pasta- and wine-filled going away party.  Extra tight hugs.  Empty shelves.  The stack of brown cardboard boxes cluttering my apartment, and the men here to load them into a truck and move them across the country.  Just a few signs.

As the date approaches, I’m getting antsy.  Excited.  Nostalgic.  Hungry.

On the subject of dates and excitement and hunger, I’d like to tell you about these date bars.  I’ve been on a date kick lately; it seems I buy a new carton every time I’m at the grocery store.  I enjoy them, roughly chopped atop my cereal or oatmeal, or else straight from the carton; I rip each soft, sticky date open, wrest out the almond-shaped pit, and pop them, one after another, onto my happy tongue.

When the urge to bake something with my weekly carton of dates hit, I was initially reluctant to go with date bars.  Date bars sound more like health food than dessert.  But, after some thought, I reconsidered.  I decided that, if I add some thick, rich and chocolatey ganache to my date bars, already filled with crunchy, oat-y cookie and creamy, naturally sticky-sweet dates, they might be okay.

They are.

So here’s to move dates and fruit dates, some of which are bittersweet and full of excitement, others of which are covered with chocolate ganache.

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Filed Under: Cookies & Bars, Recipes, Snacks

Moroccan Spiced Tomato Soup with Cous Cous

February 17, 2012 by mollygilbert520 20 Comments

Happy weekend, friends!  Today I leave for Florida, to visit Gramma Lynn.  It will be my last visit before the big move, and we have big plans, Gramma and me.  Plans which involve crossword puzzles, Mallomars, movie dates and, hopefully, a bit of sun.

Gramma Lynn is, very decidedly, the bee’s knees.  There’s just no other way to put it.  She grows her own tomatoes.  She lets me sit at her very well organized vanity and play with her tubes of pink lipstick.  She always has a cookie in the cabinet.  She drives a convertible, yet has unshakeably flawless hair.  She enjoys Steve Carell.  You see?  Bee’s knees.

One day, I’m going to grow my own tomatoes.  I don’t think flawless hair is in the cards for me.  But tomatoes?  Could be.

Until then, I’ll make tomato soup from cans (cans?  …CANS?  Did she say cans?) (Yes, cans.  It’s okay, really.  It’s winter time, there are no good, fresh tomatoes in sight.  Canned whole, peeled tomatoes are cheap, flavorful, and great for soup in a pinch.  Try it.  Try it so I can close the parenthesis.  Okay?  Okay).  Thank you.

Tomato soup, from canned tomatoes.  Or, as Gramma would say, “tuh-may-duhs.”  Give it a try.  Wear pink lipstick.  You might be surprised.

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Filed Under: Recipes, Smooth & Creamy, Soup

Black and White (and Pink) Cookies

February 13, 2012 by mollygilbert520 10 Comments

The black and white cookie.  The official unofficial cookie of New York City.  Or is it the unofficial official cookie?  Hm.

I made mine black and white and pink, for Valentine’s Day.  Would Jerry Seinfeld approve?  Probably not.  But if you look to the cookie, you will see that these are really kind of perfect — they are a sweet sort of tribute, my personal homage to this city so nice, they named it twice; they are my little love letter to New York City, a city I’ve called home for three years, but which, quite soon, I will leave behind.  For now.

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Filed Under: Breads & Cakes, Cookies & Bars, Recipes, Snacks

Sweet & Salty Snack Mix

February 7, 2012 by mollygilbert520 2 Comments

Last night was the Superbowl.  While the Giants were busy beating the Patriots, game day food threw down.  Chicken wings and blue cheese battled nachos and guacamole, and beer and burgers shoved their way around the table, barely leaving room for ganache-covered football-shaped cakes.  Simpler snacks like pretzels and goldfish may have been left uneaten in the scuffle.

I know.  Very sad.

Luckily, I’ve got you covered: sweet and salty snack mix.  It’s a non-recipe sort of recipe, easily bagged and tied up with red ribbon, and it will make your Valentine smile.  Probably.  Unless your Valentine doesn’t like Goldfish and M&Ms, and really, if that’s the case, I’m pretty sure you’ve got bigger problems to deal with.  Best of luck.

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Bourbon Whiskey Pomegranate Sparkler

February 3, 2012 by mollygilbert520 5 Comments

Thought you might like a cocktail.  A sparkler.  Don’t you like that word?  Sparkler.

It’s bubbly and pinkish and Valentiney!  Cute.  But don’t be fooled — it’s also full of bourbon.  It will punch you in the face if you’re not careful.

I don’t mix up cocktails on the regs (hi, wine), so this took some experimenting, but the combination of smokey bourbon, sweet, tart pomegranate and bright lime is a good one.  Give it a try!  Make it for your Valentine!  Punch someone in the face with it!  The possibilities are endless.

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