I love magazines. Like really love magazines. If I told you the number of magazines to which i subscribe, you'd either be shocked or impressed or a little of both. And yes, I do try to recycle and/or pass them on when I'm finish. I'm nothing if not an environmental reader.
The magazine to which I have subscribed the longest -- 25 years -- won't surprise you. It's Bon Appetit. My mother "took" it when I was a kid -- although I'm not sure she ever really read it. That was mostly because once the postie dropped it in the mailbox, I snatched it out and took it to my room where i poured over every detail, clipping recipes my 12-year-old self thought looked interesting. An obsession was born.
Cut to the current February 2011 issue. While flipping through it casually -- there's a feature on braising, y'all! -- I noticed an ad from Sugar in the Raw that featured perhaps the best recipe I've ever seen. I think I want to marry whoever came up with this. Genius. (As always, your milage may vary.)
Can't find the ad on the web anywhere yet -- but here's a transcription. See what you think...
Cocoa Brownies to Heal a Heart Broken by a Man Who Promises it Wasn’t You, It was Him, and by Him He Means a Girl Named Stacey Lee.
Count the years you dated. If it exceeds 5, double the recipe.
Oven, 350. 8″ pan, greased.
In a bowl: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted. Not margarine, butter. Diet starts tomorrow. 1 cup all natural Sugar in The Raw. You can sub 1/2 cup zero calorie Stevia Extract In The Raw with 1/2 cup Sugar In The Raw but a time like this calls for the good ol’ stuff.
Mix, then add 1/2 cup flour. It’s ok, today calls for carbs. 1 tsp of baking powder. Wonder what it does? Don’t. Just add it.
3 eggs, yolks and all, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup Dutch cocoa powder, 1 cup chopped walnuts.
2. The name of the brownies ensured that they would be baked today.
I love Bon Appetit!
:-) headed to the grocery now and will probably add this to our list.