A gob of a chocolate cookie for Valentine's Day

Thanks to Maida Heatter for the Whopper recipe, and for teaching me how to bake

Bonjour! Bonjour!

I’m looking forward to Valentine’s Day, but not for any of the usual reasons. What’s got me excited is the prospect of pizza night chez us. I’ve mentioned it before, but Michael loves making pizza and he makes really good pizza. Here’s a post from when we were in Paris for National (that nation would be America) Pizza Day and it includes the recipe from Modernist Cuisine that he uses for the dough. He’s going to have an audience of fans — friends who requested pizza night — and while I’m dreaming up toppings for the pies, I’m also thinking about dessert. No one really needs a dessert after pizza, but hey — it’s not just pizza night, it’s Valentine’s Day, and so we must have a dessert and it must be chocolate.

I’ve decided on Maida Heatter’s Whoppers (scroll down for the recipe). Whoppers are as over-the-top as the name suggests. They’re chockablock with chocolate and nuts and for me, they’re packed with memories. My ties to Whoppers go back decades.

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