{"id":260,"date":"2004-05-10T19:44:56","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T19:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=260"},"modified":"2004-05-10T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2004-05-10T19:44:56","slug":"chocolate-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"chocolate … BREAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in Portland in March, my friend Wendy told me about the yumminess of the chocolate bread at the Pearl Bakery<\/a>. I imagined that it would be a moist, muffin-like concoction in the form of a bread loaf. Boy, was I wrong! It is actually a rustic, chewy Italian bread infused with cocoa and studded with chunks of chocolate. Chocolate panini. It is not too sweet, but it is fully satisfying.
\nSince my return to California, I have thought repeatedly about this bread and decided to try to track down a recipe. I asked about it on the Pacific Northwest board of Chowhound<\/a> and received one response, a link to a recipe<\/a> for Balthazar’s Chocolate Bread. Here’s how it turned out:
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\nIt wasn’t as chewy as the Pearl Bakery version, but I am still pleased with the results. Pretty tasty, so I will make it again (especially since the recipe calls for a starter, and so now I have this starter living in my fridge, and I don’t quite know what to do with it).
\nDISHRAG ADDENDUM: In Japan these dishcloths are generally made with acrylic yarn. I think you’re supposed to get more scrubbing power with acrylic or something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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