It's easy, it's delicious and it's yours...

It's really cold, it's been hard to get out and shop or focus on the best way to show I care, so the recipes I've come up with helped solve the problem...

Starting out with a Naked Smoothie with raw cacao, a fritatta omelet with roasted potatoes in olive oil and crushed rosemary, and impish chocolate cupcakes with blackcurrent balsalmic ganache!

I'll be at the Stockton Market (19 Bridge Street Stockton, NJ next to River Arts Gallery) sharing some samples of the cupcakes and selling tickets to the Bucks County Chocolate Show. Pair it with a tasting from The Painted Truffle and buy some chocolates to go with your tickets...walk through the European style indoor market and pull together some other delights for your menu and it will be the most relaxing, memorable Valentines Day (or weekend if you prefer not to focus on Valentines Day).

Have to go to work-have a great valentines day and tell me how yours worked out.

Finding an oasis in the middle of a winter island

Fairchild Gardens was an oasis in the middle of a winter island. Yes there was chocolate at this island too, of course. There were some new products on the scene that I'm sure you'll see more of soon~at the Bucks County Chocolate Show I hope! L'Atelier Gourmet by Franck Monnier was food art and Ecuadorian Chocolate by Marco Paumino was the pure earth in a bar. There were lots of others in between that I'll tell you more about-like Oliver Kita, the Artisanal creations with a variety that is sure to delight any fan.

So we're moving into the Valentines Day marathon. What are you going to do? What type of recipes do you want me to find for you? It looks like Stockton Market (an indoor European style farmers market) is going to be a wonderful place to get things for your snowy weekend and of course to create a stress free Valentines Day. See you there!