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I can't believe it's been a whole year, but it has. I began this blog on my birthday and here it is, and another birthday has come around, mine and my blogs. Three hundred and sixty five days and almost twenty three thousand visits to the site! To say I'm overwhelmed would be an understatement.
Saturday couldn't have been a better day for a picnic in paradise. Paradise beach park to be exact. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and everyone was smiling. The menu consisted of some amazingly tender and tasty barbecued ribs courtesy of my father, some veggie kabobs, a red cabbage cole slaw and a Napa cabbage cole slaw and a potato salad that I made. The salads were both quite popular so I will post the recipes this week, in time for fourth of July picnics. A big thanks to Donna for bringing a platter of tomatoes and mozzarella and basil and a platter of veggies and dip. Another thanks to Alton for bringing some delicious miniature watermelons.
But best of all might have been the cupcakes, for which I cannot take all the credit. I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of cupcakes. They are often too sweet and because they are so small, they dry out quickly and become stale before you know it. So I did a little research to see if good cupcakes could be found and I struck gold. Or perhaps I should say chocolate. I love chocolate. That's actually the name of the bakery. And they make luscious chocolate cupcakes that I wholeheartedly recommend. A sweet ending to a sweet year, with dear friends and family to celebrate with me. What more could I ask for?
I Love Chocolate
397 Arguello St. ( @ Clement Street)
(415) 750-9460
Note: Their cheese Danish is also very good in case you're on the look out for a good one.
- Happy Birthday Catelynn!
Catelynn turns one in a few days so family and friends gathered this past Saturday to celebrate. Catelynn was in good spirits all day and was happily passed from mom to gram to auntie to friend needing a "baby fix"... I volunteered to make cake and...
- Dining With The Bloggers – March 9th
I cheated a little on our theme this week. Zarah had proposed a theme of cupcakes and muffins – coincidentally the same as the upcoming IMBB hosted by Maki this month. I had not made either muffins or cupcakes from any blogger recipes in the past, so...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
- The Scent Of Green Bananas In The Cupcake Bakeshop
I have a lot of pictures lying around from before we left Denmark - including these, of some cupcakes I served for my brothers birthday in late February. It's not so much a recipe, but more of an idea. It sprang from the fabulous White Chocolate...
- Dining With The Bloggers - November 9th.
For the last couple of weeks, I've been bombarded with cupcakes. No, not like that, silly - I wasn't covered in them, they were just all over Santos' blog. New color, new style - cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES! I was going MAD! I needed cupcakes,...
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I Love Chocolate:Shop
I can't believe it's been a whole year, but it has. I began this blog on my birthday and here it is, and another birthday has come around, mine and my blogs. Three hundred and sixty five days and almost twenty three thousand visits to the site! To say I'm overwhelmed would be an understatement.
Saturday couldn't have been a better day for a picnic in paradise. Paradise beach park to be exact. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and everyone was smiling. The menu consisted of some amazingly tender and tasty barbecued ribs courtesy of my father, some veggie kabobs, a red cabbage cole slaw and a Napa cabbage cole slaw and a potato salad that I made. The salads were both quite popular so I will post the recipes this week, in time for fourth of July picnics. A big thanks to Donna for bringing a platter of tomatoes and mozzarella and basil and a platter of veggies and dip. Another thanks to Alton for bringing some delicious miniature watermelons.
But best of all might have been the cupcakes, for which I cannot take all the credit. I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of cupcakes. They are often too sweet and because they are so small, they dry out quickly and become stale before you know it. So I did a little research to see if good cupcakes could be found and I struck gold. Or perhaps I should say chocolate. I love chocolate. That's actually the name of the bakery. And they make luscious chocolate cupcakes that I wholeheartedly recommend. A sweet ending to a sweet year, with dear friends and family to celebrate with me. What more could I ask for?
I Love Chocolate
397 Arguello St. ( @ Clement Street)
(415) 750-9460
Note: Their cheese Danish is also very good in case you're on the look out for a good one.
- Happy Birthday Catelynn!
Catelynn turns one in a few days so family and friends gathered this past Saturday to celebrate. Catelynn was in good spirits all day and was happily passed from mom to gram to auntie to friend needing a "baby fix"... I volunteered to make cake and...
- Dining With The Bloggers – March 9th
I cheated a little on our theme this week. Zarah had proposed a theme of cupcakes and muffins – coincidentally the same as the upcoming IMBB hosted by Maki this month. I had not made either muffins or cupcakes from any blogger recipes in the past, so...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
- The Scent Of Green Bananas In The Cupcake Bakeshop
I have a lot of pictures lying around from before we left Denmark - including these, of some cupcakes I served for my brothers birthday in late February. It's not so much a recipe, but more of an idea. It sprang from the fabulous White Chocolate...
- Dining With The Bloggers - November 9th.
For the last couple of weeks, I've been bombarded with cupcakes. No, not like that, silly - I wasn't covered in them, they were just all over Santos' blog. New color, new style - cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES! I was going MAD! I needed cupcakes,...