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An Unfair Comparison

Cabernet Sauvignon Chocolate Truffles
versus a Weight Watchers Cookbook

By Madelyn Miller

After weeks of wine tasting in Australia, I returned home to tons of mail to open and bills to pay. Most of my mail is not that exciting. But a friend sent me a small box of Cabernet Sauvignon Chocolate Truffles. It was definitely the best thing in the mail.

Instead of doing a tasting, I just gobbled them all up. Totally delicious. I don’t know anything about the varietals, the fermentation, the barrels where they aged or the usual things one knows about a Cab. All I know is they came from Beaulieu Vineyard’s Winemaker’s Table. The tempting truffles were filled with a creamy blend of BV Cabernet Sauvignon and decadent dark chocolate, my favorite kind. . I did not sniff the truffles, or swirl them in my mouth, or let them roll on my tongue. I just bit into one, and let my tongue have little orgasms of ecstasy.  This epicurean delight was inspired by renowned BV Winemaker Joel Aiken. He must have some palate.

Next time someone asks about my favorite wine, I know I will say, “anything that comes in a truffle.”

After I finished the whole box of truffles, I dug a little deeper into my mail. I found what I really needed—a Weight Watcher’s cookbook. This was also inspired by experts, the wizards at the Culinary Institute of America. GREAT COOKING EVERY DAY: 250 Delicious Recipes plus Techniques and Tips from the Culinary Institute of America. Just thumbing through it—who has time to cook, I seem to spend my whole life in airports or opening mail—I was intrigued by the yummy pictures. And the recipes read like something a real person would make.

Since I had truffles on my mind (and I am sure on my hips) I decided to look for something made with chocolate. Low and behold, they actually had a recipe for chocolate truffles. I read it and it sounded like something I should make when I crave chocolate and know I should eat something from Weight Watchers.

So you be the judge.

There were only four truffles in the box from Beaulieu Vineyard. I am not sure how many calories they had, but I always heard that wine evaporates when you cook. And now we know that milk is not healthy, but chocolate and wine are. (Why didn’t my mother know this when I was growing up?)

I don’t have the recipe for the Cab truffles, but here is the Weight Watchers chocolate truffles. Each of them only have 45 calories. So you could eat a dozen and still have a reasonable day if you have lettuce for lunch and an egg and dry toast for breakfast.

I might just be interested in a chocolate truffle diet 

Weight Watchers
Great Cooking Every Day
250 Delicious Recipes plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America
www.weightwatchers.com

Cabernet Sauvignon Chocolate Truffles
800-264-6918
www.bvwine.com

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