It's the season of picnics, of barbecues and backyard dinners, of keg-driven potlucks and outdoor cocktail parties. For all of that patio cooking and portable eating, there's chicken to fry and ribeye and burgers and fish to grill, but there is also the after-dinner universe of dessert — which for some of us is secretly the reason for dinner in the first place, especially when it involves chocolate. You know who you are.
So here's a recipe list of what to do with your Dutch cocoa powder, bars of 70% and bags of milk chocolate chips — and all that glorious Valrhona Manjari.