Monthly Archives: November 2005

Latest chocolate update…

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 26, 2005
…I tried the apricot vanilla caramels yesterday and it didn’t work out quite right–didn’t get hard enough and the caramel was burning–so I may try it again next year with a bit of pectin to harden the caramels. (In other words, treat it as a fruit paste rather than a caramel.) I’ve never [...]
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Just got back from the wine shop…

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 25, 2005
…I had decided that I wanted to try a port truffle, and toddled off to Beltramo’s to find a nice port. Now, Beltramo’s is the local wine aficionado’s treasure house–they KNOW their wines–so I knew I’d be able to find someone to point me in the right direction. And sure enough, their sommelier [...]
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chocolate frenzy

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 25, 2005
Whew! It’s the day after Thanksgiving, which annually means a chocolate extravaganza. I spent this morning filling chocolate molds, then just finished making four flavors of truffle filling: –apricot-vanilla with icewine–roseapple jam (the roseapple is a Hawaiian fruit that tastes like rosewater)–Armagnac (like Cognac, but stronger flavored and better for chocs IMO)–roasted banana with [...]
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Well, well, well…

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 13, 2005
…17 responses so far and the ad’s been up for less than 24 hours. Whaddya know? I’m having coffee with the first guy later this afternoon–will let you know how it goes.
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Just posted a personals ad on Craigslist…

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 13, 2005
…and my goodness! I’ve already gotten seven responses. Okay, three of them are obviously robots, but four of them are not–and here I thought I’d been very specific! I’m looking for a bisexual, polyamorous, primary partner–I figured there couldn’t be *that* many of them out there, but apparently there are. (If [...]
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