Karen cooked a delicious chicken parmesan with a homemade tomato ragu, spinach (home grown). Served with an Italian wine, Vendemma, I believe.
I followed with a Divine Chocolat Fondant (seen here). I found the ramekins at the Big Lots! on the way home from work. From there it was all egg yolks and chocolate and double boilers. Well, you can read the recipe.
I wrote a story about fair trade chocolate for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Pasadena Star-News and found myself on the website for Divine chocolates. They have a cooperative in Ghana. Karen wrote about it on the Businessweek/Bloomberg small business website so check it out for the whole story.
Last night, we used some organic, 73 percent dark chocolate from Trader Joe's which is the closest we could get to fair trade around Temple City. I'm going to have to go to Ten Thousand Villages and buy some fair trade chocolate and coffee this weekend. Didn't have time Tuesday night...couldn't keep my honey waiting! Dinner was great. We had a great Valentine's Day in.
Anyway, I digress. What was the topic? Oh yeah, love. Whether love was in the air or in the gooey chocolate fondant, I hope you had a good one.
Thanks honey, it was very yummy!
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"The couple that cooks together stays together," as Saint Valentine used to say. You two are so sweet, sharing the kitchen like that. I also have a great chocolate mousse recipe (it may be the same one) and I don't think you can beat that TJs 73% chocolate. But if the 1000 Villages chocolate works, let me know.
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