Published May 13, 2012
For weeks, commercials and other advertisements have been telling moms what items are essential for the perfect Mother's Day. According to the media, moms want new clothes, new appliances, chocolate, flowers and /or lots of pampering. But is this really what moms want for Mother's Day?
Published Dec. 18, 2011
Sean Henninger carries around over 200 recipes for chocolate in his head, regularly having 20 to 27 varieties on hand at his Walker's Point pizza and chocolate shop. His chocolate creations are crafted over time from only natural ingredients.
Published Oct. 1, 2011
Franklin's Fine Chocolates, 2474 N. Kinnickinnic Ave., is closed. A neighbor confirmed that the business closed because owner Franklin Di Vilio is having health issues.
Published Sept. 4, 2011
Freese's Candy Shoppe has been family owned and operated, with the same recipes being passed down, for three generations. Otto Freese opened the store in 1928 with a soda fountain just down the street from its current location in West Allis.
Published Feb. 14, 2011
Wine and chocolate are a common candy-and-alcohol match, but for those of us with way less refined taste, here's a list of other liquors and their candy counterpart, according to my arguably questionable palate.
Considering I need to drop some pounds, maybe I shouldn’t have been searching so hard. Maybe I should have just left well enough alone. But, this has haunted me for too long and I had to act on it. So the search continued. The memory beckoned me like the Sirens’s song calling the Argo...
My Dear Fekeroodies, Chocolate... healthy?!? Really?! Chocolate and cocoa offer amazing health benefits: derived from plants, chocolate/cocoa is rich in antioxidants, similar to dark vegetables and fruit (did you know that one serving of dark chocolate has more antioxidant capacity than...
It all started with a tweet. @mke_brunch (a.k.a. Mr. Brunch) declared that he was eating cookies in bed. Next thing we knew, we were meeting up at AJ Bombers for a Girl Scout cookie hook-up. We promised Chris we'd come up with a clever way to use the 10 delicious Tagalong cookies he gav...
INGREDIENTS: 12 dark semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 tablespoon of instant coffee 1 tablespoon of Port wine 1/2 cup of butter 3/4 cup of sugar 5 eggs DIRECTIONS In a double boiler add the chocolate and butter. Once butter and chocolate are fully melted add the coffee and mix it very well with a woo...
I often frequent Coquette Cafe for lunch working down in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, but I have never been there for dinner... until last weekend. Nice!There were just two of us and at 6:30p on a Friday night, they couldn't seat us until 8:15, but I called ahead so it all worked out.Th...
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