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  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

The Best Hot Chocolate Mixes According to Cocoa and Cozy Experts

Lisa Kaminski Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 As soon as the temperatures dropped, our Test Kitchen squad was ready to search for the best hot chocolate mix to warm up on cold days. For this

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Chocolate Cobbler

Also known as chocolate pudding cake, chocolate cobbler is two desserts in one: a layer of tender cake mixed up with warm, pudding-like fudge. It’s also made with basic pantry staples,

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 13, 2021

Molten Dark Chocolate Cakes

This is one of my favorite desserts from back in the day when Helen Corbitt was in charge of the restaurants at Neiman-Marcus. This is an updated version of that most delicious and iconic dessert.

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 20, 2021

15 Things to Bake When It’s Too Cold to Go Outside

By Hayley Sugg  December 30, 2020 For my friends in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Alaska, and Utah. Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce Chocolate Lava Cake Banana Bread Pear Cobbler Ba

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  • Prof Patty
  • January 11, 2021

Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia

The holidays are here, and among the many treats of the season are chocolate and hot cocoa. While these traditions provide a hefty dose of sugar, there’s a bittersweet side to chocolate’s histo

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020

Health Benefits of Almonds

Did you know that almonds have health benefits? I know that a Hershey’s bar with almonds is yummy, and I can’t eat peanuts. So almonds. Want some reasons to eat almonds? Read HERE.

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 29, 2020November 5, 2025

Peace on Fifth

World Fair Trade Day May 9 is World Fair Trade Day. Support businesses that sell Fair Trade goods. Peace on Fifth is one such store and belongs to my daughter London. She sells on line and has a va

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NY Times

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  • ‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
https://youtu.be/SmHrlKaOBYc?si=ddFrERkCsPwpL4hw

NPR

  • This week's Short Wave news roundup
  • Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains
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  • NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
  • Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
https://youtu.be/hI1UcHIxK1Y?si=QdV2nwcTpGhpUsOC

The Progressive

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  • Donald Trump and a Joyless World Cup
https://youtu.be/ryXsRRonhVc?si=61yPXXV3PS9VEBKv

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
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  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
  • Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
  • Trump Misrepresents Climate Change Scenarios
https://youtu.be/d5BWWQAQ-co?si=He4nHqhAZJodLpvT

Snopes.com

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