6 ways to get your summer chocolate fix - chefshop.com/enews
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In this issue:
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Summer Chocolate Ideas
Chocolate Recipes
Chocolate Category
the right stuff
for your next dish
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fire!
georgian hard neck garlic
mint candies
uncle joe's balls
fregula
couscous - tiny pasta
escargot
french delicacy, wild burgundy snails
bonito flakes
This essential ingredient in the cuisine of Japan, is less known or used here in the West. Add or create soups and broths, the shaved "tuna" imparts a saltiness and the wafer thin shavings can be added to a salad without a care.
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6 Ways to Get Your
Summer Chocolate Fix!
Chocolate is good for you...really! At least that's what the experts say. Chocolate is a wonderful treat, some even think of it as a splurge. But did you know that it is also loaded with heart-healthy, skin-healthy, brain-healthy polyphenols - along with over 300 other chemical compounds, many of which are good for our bodies?
The health claims were re-enforced again when I read about a new study published recently in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. They found that many of the beneficial compounds found in Chocolate, such as catechin and epicatechin, are metabolized more effectively when eaten with sugar! Although not a license to over indulge in the dark stuff, I think we should embrace what the experts are saying – especially when it comes to something as delicious as Chocolate.
But, alas, it's August, and somehow that luscious bar of dark chocolate just doesn’t seem as enticing when it is 90-degress and 90-percent humidity. To me, chocolate connotes cool crisp winter days; a hot cup of drinking chocolate in front of a warm fire, an after-dinner brandy aperitif with steaming chocolate soufflé, or a perfect piece of dark to accompany my demitasse of espresso.
During the hot days of summer I am more likely to dream about a rag-top road trip down Route 66, a refreshingly cool Singapore Sling at the Long Bar, or a sockeye salmon burger grilling up on the Barbie - not a piece of gourmet chocolate. (Not completely true, actually... If someone offered me chocolate in the summer, I would not want to be rude...)
But, what of those lovely phytonutrients that chocolate is so chock full of? Are we to forgo those healthful compounds - which help fight heart disease and cancer, diabetes and high cholesterol - just because it is hot outside? How do we “chocolatarians” get our daily dose of life-giving, age-reversing, mood-enhancing chocolate if our favorite bar can’t take the heat?
Find out by reading more here. Great recipes to finish this last week of summer holiday.
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Green, Tall and Spicy!
A bean with spunk!
Green Beans in a pepper infused vinegar, garlic and salt. What could be better? No one says "no" to a second sample in the store!
They crunch when you munch. Hard to resist. You pull one out, and without a doubt, it's a treat that can't be beat!
Now we show it on a sandwich, in a salad, or on a plate as a cool side. But really, we have eaten every last one of the first sample jar just plain. IT must be good for you and healthy too? 'cause we crave them soooo!
Though it makes no sound every time I open it, there magically always seems to be hands reaching in to have "just one"!
Shop now for Pickled Green Beans!
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Stuffed!
Piquillo Peppers filled with Summer Joy!
Piquillos are beloved by professional cooks not just for their flavor and appealing appearance, but for their ease of preparation! Already carefully selected for size and quality, peeled and roasted, they save the chef a huge amount of time and effort.
Use them as you would olives or capers - they're that versatile. Piquillos may be chopped and added to salads, left whole to garnish platters and antipasto selections, pureed for sauces and dips and spreads, stuffed with garlicky goat cheese . . . the ideas go on and on.
My favorite joy for these red treats is to stuff them with cheese, add a nut or two and enjoy the cool smooth feel of a stuffed pepper. It all makes sitting under the umbrella, shielded from the summer sun, being on the patio, a relaxing summer day!
Shop now for Piquillo Peppers!
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Canadian XXX Hot Mustard
Reed Avocados
There are many foods that tell the tale of why we love food and why we keep doing this crazy business! One that truly stands out, high above the rest, is the "reed" as we refer to them. "It's just an avocado", you might say. But, once you eat one, actually, once just see one, you realize you are in for something special. The Reed is one healthy, big fruit, about the size of a softball. The flavor is memorable, smooth, creamy, delicious. Plan to make something special. We plan every year, but somehow end up just spooning it! Order now, the harvest is happening right now!
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Spanish Tapas Class
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Cooking Classes with Chef Erin - Spanish Tapas Cooking Class
Learn the history and origins of some of the most commonly used Spanish ingredients, as you learn how to prepare a variety of tapas dishes such as piquillo pepper stuffed with herbed goat cheese, citrus-marinated olives, tortilla de papas with garlic aioli, marcona almonds with rosemary & sea salt, deviled dates, Catalan white beans and more!
Party at the shop Saturday, September 15th. Screaming awesome espresso maker along with Cannoli's!
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