CHOCOLATE DELIGHTS

Today I’m taking a rest, trying to fight off a cold, but when I checked my BLOGLINES NOTIFIER this morning, two new entries practically jumped off the computer screen and begged to be read!

Over on the blog LUCILLIAN DELIGHTS, today’s recipe is from the new cookbook by Gina DePalma, Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen.

BABBO , for those of you who don’t know, is one of MARIO BATALI’S restaurants, and Gina DePalma is Babbo’s executive pastry chef. Her new cookbook is getting rave reviews, and I can't wait to read all the recipes when we go back to the states in December.

The recipe featured on LUCILLIAN DELIGHTS is for CHOCOLATE KISSES, a recipe I’ve avoided because I thought it was too complicated. After reading the recipe and the accompanying notes, I think I need to give it a try!








Also today, over on DAVID LEBOVITZ’S BLOG, David features an easy to make recipe for chocolate ice cream. The only thing I found hard to believe about his EASIEST CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM RECIPE…EVER was the idea that it could stay in the freezer for longer than 4 hours, 5 minutes!



Perhaps these recipes are just the motivation you need to get in the kitchen and start that holiday baking. For me, they’re motivation to fight this cold so that I can taste every last bit of their chocolately goodness! Enjoy!