Spice of Life, an Ingredients Emporium, is a fantastic place to shop for culinary items in a quaint, small neighboring city. I love to drink coffee there and buy olives and Stilton cheeses. They do not, however stock baking chocolate. I did not hesitate to point out this shortcoming. As soon as he heard my intent to bake Bacon Bourbon Brownies, the owner/manager/baker/clerk disappeared into the back. He emerged with a bag of truly wonderful semisweet chocolate buttons, the kind real pros use. While selling me about 12 ounces of these rare and wonderful morsels, he confided that he makes hot chocolate with bacon syrup when cocoa weather comes. I'll be back.
I wish I could say I shared the brownies with this generous, helpful, imaginative man, but I couldn't because they disappeared right after they came out of the oven. Go figure. Make some yourself if you are so inclined. Recipe's in Food and Wine, August 2011, page 80.
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