A few years back now I got a gift. A beautiful box from a local Chocolatier all wrapped in festive wear. I went home secretly hoping they were caramels, only to open them up and find a chocolate Nativity scene...baby Jesus and all. I thought to myself, “What the @#$%? Who on Earth would eat a chocolate baby Jesus?” But apparently they are the biggest seller there around Christmas time. And thus leads me to a phenomenon that I don't quite understand....making food look like something real. I'm in favor of it when the food looks like food, ie a pumpkin cake made into the shape of a pumpkin...makes sense. But when we start making it in to animals, cars, people is where you start to lose me(exception being I love all food shaped like Mickey Mouse...some sort of childhood thing I guess). Which brings me to the Yule Log. Now I will admit that I don't really know the story behind it and I am to busy/lazy to look that up right now. But however it was invented, I'm sure … [Read more...]