DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This fine confection comes from www.cookingandme.com .  Looks like a donut, but it tastes oh  so chocolatey good. ( add a little whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and you're set for the night). Sometimes, you need to bake something for friends you are visiting for dinner. When you are trying to decide what to make, you need to figure out how to use that amazing Valrhona cocoa powder you've been saving up for too long, the doughnut pan whic h you thought was such a smart and essential buy, and you also need to make sure your own chocolate craving is satisfied. I turned to one of my favourite books to address all of the above - A Passion for Baking by Marcy Goldman. I managed to use up the cocoa powder, inaugurate the new doughnut pan which I am in love with now, and get some super fudgy, sticky , not-so-sweet, delicious chocolate doughnut cakes. Win! The original recipe was for Dark Fudge Bundt Cake but that shouldn't deter us. Make

    Everyone has a fear of some sort, but not all of us suffer from the type of pathological fear called a “phobia.” Some phobias are well known, such as agoraphobia, which is the fear of being in an open area or in a large crowd, and Thanatophobia, which is the fear of death. (I think we can all relate to the latter.) There are other phobias that are just plain bizarre; for instance, arachibutyrophobia, which is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth. This list, however, is devoted to those phobias that seem inherently unbearable. In other words, fears that fundamentally affect a sufferer’s quality of life to an extreme extent. While perusing the list, let’s keep in mind that there are real people suffering from these phobias; understanding the phobias themselves will allow us to understand (and sympathize with) the tribulations of the sufferers. 10. Ambulophobia “The fear of walking or standing.”     Imagine the imp

    San Diego Comic-Con International , also known as Comic-Con International: San Diego , and commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con , was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans. It is traditionally a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday — though a three-hour preview night on Wednesday is open to professionals, exhibitors, and some guests pre-registered for all four days) held during the summer in San Diego , California , United States , at the San Diego Convention Center . Comic-Con is both the name of the annual event and the common name of the organization.     Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon and the Alternative Press Expo (APE), both held in San Francisco, California . Since 1974, Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award to guests and persons of interest in the industries of popular arts as well as to