Always Put a Comma Before “and” in a List, No Matter What Your Old Grammar Teacher Said Do you go to the store for “cupcakes, vanilla, and chocolate” or “cupcakes, vanilla and chocolate”? There’s a long-running debate over whether it’s proper to include that last comma in a list. Well, forget proper. The comma makes things c Read more ... learer, and a recent lawsuit proves that.

Why Has Vanilla Become Shorthand for Bland? As a noun, vanilla refers to our most fragrant and complex flavor, the one we use to improve everything from cheesecake to chocolate. But as an adjective, it is a pejorative, employed to describe anything common, generic, or bland.

Vanilla Pots de Crème with Dark Chocolate and Roasted Almonds Recipe Although any good dark chocolate will work in this recipe, Los Angeles chef and restaurant owner Suzanne Goin especially likes Caro chocolate, from Spain. "The flavor is intense--deep and earthy, with notes of cinnamon, clove, and vanilla, which matc Read more ... h well with the vanilla in the custard and the almonds on top."

Try The Recipe | Cake of Strawberry and Vanilla Cake of Strawberry and Vanilla I do not think about the vanilla extract from concentrate, the factory vanilla sugar, pudding, because that’s not the real thing. I think about the black vanilla pods, ‘The black gold’. The combination of real van Read more ... illa and strawberry for me constantly is delight, merria…

Try The Recipe | Cake of Strawberry and Vanilla Cake of Strawberry and Vanilla I do not think about the vanilla extract from concentrate, the factory vanilla sugar, pudding, because that’s not the real thing. I think about the black vanilla pods, ‘The black gold’. The combination of real van Read more ... illa and strawberry for me constantly is delight, merria…

The Mast Brothers Are the Subject of a Controversial Chocolate Scandal Using stylish packaging, attractive ingredient descriptions such as “cold-pressed olive oil” and “Bourbon vanilla bean,” and an alluring founding story about two well-bearded, chocolate-loving siblings, the Mast Brothers were able to bring th Read more ... emselves to the top of the chocolate industry since their…

The Mast Brothers Are the Subject of a Controversial Chocolate Scandal Using stylish packaging, attractive ingredient descriptions such as “cold-pressed olive oil” and “Bourbon vanilla bean,” and an alluring founding story about two well-bearded, chocolate-loving siblings, the Mast Brothers were able to bring th Read more ... emselves to the top of the chocolate industry since their…

18 Everyday Struggles Only A Chocoholic Would Understand If chocolate is always your dessert of choice, if you've mastered the art of sneaking this sweet confection into every single meal, if you laugh when presented with the choice "chocolate or vanilla" because it feels so obvious -- we're here...

18 Everyday Struggles Only A Chocoholic Would Understand If chocolate is always your dessert of choice, if you've mastered the art of sneaking this sweet confection into every single meal, if you laugh when presented with the choice "chocolate or vanilla" because it feels so obvious -- we're here...

Why Has Vanilla Become Shorthand for Bland? Vanilla has a PR problem. As a noun, vanilla refers to our most fragrant and complex flavor, the one we use to improve everything from cheesecake to chocolate. But as an adjective, it is a pejorative, employed to describe anything common, generic, or Read more ... bland. We say "plain vanilla music" to...