#127
Tell me your four favorite fruits.

I like almost all fruits. Especially when they’re ripe and delicious. Yummm.

• Pineapple
• D’Anjou Pears
• Blackberries
• Golden Delicious Apples

#126
Tell me four things that you have made from scratch with chocolate (or just candy if you don’t/can’t have chocolate).

The following four things are probably some of my favorite things to make with chocolate.

• Flourless chocolate torte. A month or so ago, I made a Bon Appetit recipe that I wanted to try for years. The torte came out great, but was very rich and decadent, like fudge.
• Chocolate ganache. Haven’t made ganache in a long time… maybe I should do that soon.
• Chocolate cake/cupcakes. Believe it or not, the recipe on the back of the Hershey’s Cocoa box is amazing. Try it, if you are looking for a super-moist, delicious chocolate cak recipe that can be made into a whole cake or cupcakes. I’ve done both.
• English toffee. A layer of toffee and almonds with chocolate on top… yum.

#125
Tell me four things that you like cold or uncooked almost as much as you like cooked.

Pretentious raw foodies send me into a fit of tremors and rage. Oops… did I say that? ANYWAY.

• Raw zucchini with coarse salt, pepper, and lemon extra-virgin olive oil. I discovered how delicious raw zucchini was this past summer when I was getting ready to grill some vegetables and needed a snack in the meantime.
• Cookie dough and cake batter. A lot of people are nervous about the raw eggs in cookie dough and cake batter. Not me. Maybe if you buy your eggs from the skeezemart you have a reason to be worried, but so far – knock on wood – I have never been sick in the (almost) 22 years that I have been nibbling raw cookie dough and cake batter from the bowl while baking.
• Tuna. It has to be a good-quality tuna and prepared in a civiche, tartare, or seared and served rare. I wouldn’t nibble just any raw tuna.