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Chocolate making is an art as well as a science, and chocolate makers keep secret the roasting temperatures used, the time given to "conching", and the exact proportions of their formulations, which is why no two manufacturers' chocolates taste the same.
LORI LONGBOTHAM
Luscious Chocolate Desserts
The tantalizing aroma of chocolate involves more than three hundred chemical compounds and the flavor can have more than five hundred components.
LORI LONGBOTHAM
Luscious Chocolate Desserts
Desserts are for pleasure. They are indulgences and luxuries, and we count on them to raise our spirits. And what could raise a mood or spirit better than a luscious creamy dessert like a quivering panna cotta, a rich butterscotch pudding, a caramel apple shortcake, or a Venetian-style fried custard?... When we're served them, we feel safe and loved, and when we prepare them and serve them to others, we feel generous and nurturing.
LORI LONGBOTHAM
Luscious Creamy Desserts
Old-fashioned desserts are deeply satisfying in a basic, no-nonsense way. No, they don't have eight garnishes, as in posh restaurants, and they aren't fancy or impressive, but they are good.
LORI LONGBOTHAM
Luscious Berry Desserts
When we live in cities at a fast pace, it is almost impossible not to get disconnected from the natural world. Food is one of the few things in our daily life that can help us strengthen that bond. Maybe we need to remind ourselves that coconut comes from a tree, not from little blue bags in the supermarket.
LORI LONGBOTHAM
Luscious Coconut Desserts