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Website: http://www.boscoethecookiedoctor.com

Location: Hull, MA

About: Former corporate sales manager with expertise in the chocolate, spice and nutmeats industries, has exchanged the "corporate" suit for the "white" suit. My true passion is "hands on" baking and cooking, with an emphasis on all things chocolate.

Favorite foods: Everything chocolate. Also love old, comforting classics with a nouveau twist.............meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, beef bourguignonne, roast chicken, lasagna, chateau briand, and Julia Child's cassoulet.

Last bite on earth: Roast turkey dinner with additional sides of macaroni and cheese, meatloaf, beef bourguignon, chocolate cheese truffles, and chocolate caramel cheesecake with Grand Marnier Ganache.

The Ten Most Recent Posts By Boscompb

From Talk

When and where do you publish the winners of the weekly contests?

Just curious that's all. I too, like hundreds of others, enter my comments with the hope that ONE day I'll win one of the featured "Cook The Book" contests. I never see a weekly posting of the winners. Am I missing something? Just thought it would be great to see who wins, so that I could congratulate them as well as visit their page.

The Ten Most Recent Comments By Boscompb

From Required Eating

Banning Out-of-Season Produce

When was the last time this man had a "brain scan"?

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

chocolate truffles and chocolate covered strawberries, of course!

From Required Eating

To Store Chocolate or Not to Store?

Clay
Nice to have a fellow chocophile on board. For the novice, this is a must read article. Superbly done. See you back at "the ranch".

Mark

From A Hamburger Today

The Blumenburger — The Most Labor-Intensive Hamburger Ever

Fascinating article, but complete overkill by the originating chef. He obviously has way too much time on his hands.

From Required Eating

Photo of the Day: Canine Prewash Cycle

"Man's best friend helping out in the kitchen.........Priceless"

From Required Eating

Bill Buford Likes Gordon Ramsay, He Really Does

He's one big arrogant, self-centered, self-serving, ASS!

From Talk

fresh cocoa beans

No. In order to use it as cocoa powder, it has to be "pressed" to form a cocoa cake. The pressing removes cocoa butter and leaves the cake with varying percentages of cocoa butter as well as the "cocoa cake" which then has to be ground into powder form. Just crushing the cocoa bean, or nibs, will result in making a chocolate liquor paste which requires further processing in order to become cocoa, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, etc.

From Recipes

Bigger, Better Bruschetta

I love your idea. Reminds me of Ina Garten in Paris watching the rotisserie chickens roasting while the juices dripped all over the hungry croutons lying below. She's been using this concept for years, and it is delicious.

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

My favorite meal was her version of American Chop Suey made with hamburg, celery, tomato soup, elbow macaroni and a dash of onion powder, garlic powder and Worcestershire Sauce. Otherwise, it was the" Weight Watchers" snack she made frequently which was a piece of white bread topped with a piece of processed American Cheese and then broiled till almost burned to death. De-Lish!

From Required Eating

Risqué Japanese Boob Pudding

dmarina..........No I haven't been to Japan yet. I guess thinking about tradition, honor and all of the incredibly well engineered cars we take for granted, just got in the way of two plastic boobs in a lunch box.

Responses to Comments by Boscompb

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Chocolate covered blueberries.

From A Hamburger Today

The Blumenburger — The Most Labor-Intensive Hamburger Ever

People, enough about university level research on the "science" of the burger. I don't doubt the chef's skill or disrespect the adventurous pursuit of the scientific understanding of the preparation of food, but some of the overblown lectures about this are too much. A hamburger/cheeseburger is a humble American food, simple, fresh ingredients (homemade or not) prepared and arranged in a variety of pleasing ways, generally and hopefully for a reasonable price!

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Lady fingers Strawberry cheesecake

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Ooohh...that's easy.... Godiva's rasberry filled chocolates, glass of champagne (okay, two glasses) and a long hot bath. Heaven.

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Anything that is fruity and sweet!

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Strawberry & chocolate or cheese!

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

From A Hamburger Today

The Blumenburger — The Most Labor-Intensive Hamburger Ever

All this needs is some duck fat french fries and a root beer float. Now I'm hungry.

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food

Brie with crackers and grapes with nuts