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Earl Grey Chocolate Mousse

The springs creak, the rug's pounded, the metronome sings, and the bike tire is pumped. All to a delicious symphony, one of my very favorite French memories from Caro + Jeunet's masterpiece Delicatessen. I turned it on tonight when musing about this chocolate mousse, because my first chocolate mousse was made after seeing another seminal French movie, albeit a very different one, Jean de Florette.

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Chocolate Marquise - Diabolique!

At long last, it’s finally time to spring our big dessert surprise on our Daring (and Darling) Bakers! May is just about time for fresh fruits and ice creams, but before we embrace summertime completely, we wanted to bring you an absolutely over-the-top chocolate dessert – just in time for summer (and any other chocoholic celebrations).

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Wiki Wiki Quiche

I was not feeling inspired. This cooking with campfire essentials was starting to get me down, and I needed to come up with something delicious and fast. Alternating between rice cooker and crock pot had been a hearty way to spend winter, but now that the frost was melted, we were longing for salad greens and summer days.

I dug through the fridge. Dijon, cheese, cream and eggs, check. An onion? Check. And heaven forbid - a frozen pie crust in the freezer? Yup. Everything was on hand.

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Porkchop Jaconde

It's been many years since I made Biscuit Jaconde, this month's Daring Bakers challenge, but what a wonderful way to spend the day. The last time I made this sponge-type cake was in pastry class with Emma, and this time was no different. She shared her kitchen (and ingredients!) with me and jaconding we went.

My paisley/yin-yang didn't turn out quite the shape I'd intended, but it was a fun polka dotted porkchop anyway. I filled it with sponge cake a little citrus gelatin and pudding to make a free-standing trifle. A porkchop-shaped free-standing trifle.

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