I’m ready to run away with Rooster to Hawaii . More specifically, I’m ready to run away with Rooster to a vacation home in Hawaii where Dad runs around making sure that everyone has enough Diet Pepsi and clean towels and where Mom mediates sisterly squabbles. (“Don’t get upset about what she’s not doing, tell her what it is that you want”).
Being around my family this past vacation made me wish for shtetl times, when families live together and fight and make up and laugh and nothing really sticks. So many other parts of my life involve interpersonal relationships where Damage Can Be Done. At work, miscommunication leads to hurt feelings and feuds that don’t die. Sometimes friends drift or fall away because it’s been too long and guilt makes it hard to initiate a reconnect.
Family is an 'always' sort of place. I think that my biggest problem in life is that I expect everyone to behave as unconditionally as family.
Being around my family this past vacation made me wish for shtetl times, when families live together and fight and make up and laugh and nothing really sticks. So many other parts of my life involve interpersonal relationships where Damage Can Be Done. At work, miscommunication leads to hurt feelings and feuds that don’t die. Sometimes friends drift or fall away because it’s been too long and guilt makes it hard to initiate a reconnect.
Family is an 'always' sort of place. I think that my biggest problem in life is that I expect everyone to behave as unconditionally as family.
Luckily I found an unconditional Rooster. He just waltzed out of a week's vacation in a house with the Chicken's nuclear fam with a big old smile and only one "Chernobyl style" (as he dubbed it) meltdown. If that's not non-stick, than I don't know what is. Except maybe this cake.
Chocolate Adventure Contest
The Rules: Each recipe entered must call for Scharffen Berger® Chocolate Maker Chocolate, with cacao content anywhere from 62 to 99 percent, along with at least one “adventure ingredient” from the following list: Ancho Chili Powder, Lemongrass, Amchur Powder, Lemon Verbena, Cacao Nibs, Cardamom Quince or Quince Paste, Cloves, Pomegranate, Curry, Rosemary, Ginger, Saffron,Green Tea, Sea Salt, Grapefruit, Star Anise, Lavender, Wasabi
The Prize: $5,000 and the winning recipe will be featured on the menu for one month at Café Cacao, located at the Scharffen Berger® Chocolate Maker factory in Berkeley , CA .
Second Place Prize: $1,000, Third Place Prize: The recipe will be featured in the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker e-newsletter and on TuttiFoodie.com. The winner will receive a signed copy of The Essence of Chocolate, the award-winning cookbook, and a custom Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Baking Kit personally selected by John Scharffenberger.
The Entry: Chocolate Snap Cake
Chocolate Adventure Contest
The Rules: Each recipe entered must call for Scharffen Berger® Chocolate Maker Chocolate, with cacao content anywhere from 62 to 99 percent, along with at least one “adventure ingredient” from the following list: Ancho Chili Powder, Lemongrass, Amchur Powder, Lemon Verbena, Cacao Nibs, Cardamom Quince or Quince Paste, Cloves, Pomegranate, Curry, Rosemary, Ginger, Saffron,Green Tea, Sea Salt, Grapefruit, Star Anise, Lavender, Wasabi
The Prize: $5,000 and the winning recipe will be featured on the menu for one month at Café Cacao, located at the Scharffen Berger® Chocolate Maker factory in Berkeley , CA .
Second Place Prize: $1,000, Third Place Prize: The recipe will be featured in the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker e-newsletter and on TuttiFoodie.com. The winner will receive a signed copy of The Essence of Chocolate, the award-winning cookbook, and a custom Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Baking Kit personally selected by John Scharffenberger.
The Entry: Chocolate Snap Cake
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