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Inspiration:

Title: The Way of the World

Author: McKay

Excerpt: "It's rather like a cauldron, actually, which is why I think you'll like it," Remus said as he removed the glass lid. "You put things in, and the slow cooker cooks them. You can set it to low or high heat, depending on how quickly you want it to cook. It's very good for making soups and stews, but you can make other things, too. I cooked a small chicken in it once, and it turned out rather well."

"Are we going to brew something now?" Although his expression didn't reveal anything, there was an anticipatory note in Severus' voice, and Remus grinned, not at all surprised that Severus' interest had been piqued by this particular appliance.

"I thought we might put some vegetable soup together. We can let it cook overnight and have it tomorrow. Tonight, I thought we might go to the pub for dinner." He leaned on his hip against the counter, looking Severus over for signs of fatigue. "I don't want to wear you out on your first day, and they have very good fish and chips. The shepherd's pie is excellent as well. Oh, and we must go on a day when Deirdre has made rabbit stew -- it's heavenly. The hard-hearted wench won't tell me her secret, though, and I can't quite get the seasoning right, no matter what I try."

Severus folded his arms and regarded Remus with what almost seemed like a hint of amusement. "Do you always get this excited about food?"

Commentary: Preparing the ingredients for the slow cooker soup is the first moment of cooperation between Remus and Severus in the story, and this scene is one of the first things I thought of when lore mentioned the idea of a Snupin cookbook.

Source: Fix It and Forget It Lightly: Healthy, Low Fat Recipes for your Slow Cooker, by Phyllis Pellman Good

( Vegetable Soup )

Title: Chocolat

Author: McKay

Excerpt: [Severus] didn't make or sell any kind of sweet but chocolate - but oh, what chocolate! There were moist chocolate cakes slathered in fruit. There were chocolates - dark, milk, and white - filled with creams of all different flavors from strawberry to vanilla to lemon and molded into various shapes, such as shells, flowers, or coins. There were slabs of chocolate mixed with crystallized ginger, lemon, orange, nuts, cinnamon, mint. The list of variations seemed endless. There was hot chocolate made with rich spices, even chile pepper. There were chocolate bars wrapped in gold paper. There were chocolate covered cherries and wedges of lemon and orange. And once a month, Severus made loaves of rich chocolate bread. He sold out of the loaves quickly, but he always set one aside to sell by the slice, and children came in with high hopes of being lucky enough to get one of those coveted slices, especially if their parents hadn't secured an entire loaf.

Commentary: This isn't the only recipe I have for chocolate bread, but it's by far the best. These little loaves are delicious and make excellent gifts - if you can refrain from eating the whole batch yourself.

Source: Taste of Home magazine

( Chocolate Chai mini-loaves )

Arists, I'll be handing out month assignments for the 2010 calendar on Thursday, October 15, so you have a little over 24 hours to sign up! It's not too late to jump in, but you'll have hop fast. Here's the informational post for the calendar if you haven't seen it.

Hope to see you there!

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