Sugar Savvy

“…son fameux chocolat chaud…” (”…his famous hot chocolate…”)
This line was taken directly from Jean-Paul Hévin’s website and thus immediately piqued my interest. Anyone gutsy enough to make such a claim deserved to be investigated immediately.
Situated a mere block away from Place Vendôme (and the tempting perfection of chocolat chaud at the Ritz Paris Hotel), […]

St. Patrick’s Day Potato
How will you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Corned beef and cabbage? Irish soda bread? Beer or Irish whiskey? Green bagels? Not for me, thanks. I am going to eat a potato. Not just any potato, but one made by See’s Candies.

This sweet spud comes complete with […]

Each week as I think and think about what to prepare and review for Sugar Savvy, I am drawn to recipes that tie me to my childhood, or to dishes that act as comfort foods for me. Not surprisingly, these are often the same thing. I guess for most of us, there was just […]

Trolling the candy aisles at Dollar Tree recently (a great locale for spotting new or otherwise unfamiliar weird and funny candy) I saw these Tootsie Roll Mini Chews. I’ve never veered too far out of my way for a Tootsie Roll, but the box described them as being covered in chocolate. Interesting. […]

Honey Marzipan
We all have our secret sweets that not everyone “gets.” Mine is marzipan. The almond taste, the creamy yet sandy texture of the almond paste, the satisfying notes of the sugar all add up to a winning combination for me. What could make marzipan better? Why, covering it in chocolate, of […]

As much as I love to bake, I love to eat even more. Chocolate ranks right up there at the top of my list of baking ingredients, and of course foods I love to eat. I have no problem spending hours preparing a single recipe; in fact I love it. But even […]