This stuff is bad for you on so many levels, but is beyond delicious, and quite simple to make. If you’re a health-nut, don’t worry, it’s something even I, a young man with a fantastic metabolism, would only make for certain occasions (i.e. Stanley Cup Finals).

It’s worth taking a day off your special diet just for this, trust me.

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One of the best things in recent times to happen to the city of Buffalo, and perhaps the Western New York area, was the 2008 Winter Classic. 70,000+ hockey fans packed Ralph Wilson Stadium to see the Sabres and Penguins clash in weather that reached well below the freezing point... and the wind wasn't helping either. A hot shower remedied my frozen skin, this soup helped bring my core temperature back up to safe and healthy levels....

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Before getting into catering, I was a bookseller (as well as cafe server) at a Barnes and Noble in Williamsville, which made access to great cookbooks and people who enjoy the finer things in life all that much easier. One of the drawbacks to working at a bookstore is that it isn't as fast-paced as working in food service, and there's a lot of downtime to day dreaming. After staring at the Godiva chocolate bars long enough one day, this recipe became the fruit of one of those dreams...

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I wasn't born with a knife and a whisk in my hands. I don't come from a long line of professional chefs. I am skilled and those skills are constantly honed and improved upon every single day. I can rest assure that the same rule applies to everyone who is involved in the culinary world, in one way or another. One rule I especially love to follow in this field, is that you may think you know how to do something, and then someone will come along and show you an even better way....

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As a student chef and caterer, I have generated quite a large stack of hand-written recipes that has become a resident of several desk drawers. With the holidays over, I had the chance to leaf through these recipes and reflect on times past. One of my favorite memories from the past year, as bizzare as this may sound, was the night I almost lost a thumb during my Intro-to-Bakeshop baking practical this past spring, thanks to this recipe, my idiot-self, and a paring knife...

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