{"id":25,"date":"2016-12-22T00:23:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T05:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/sagittarius-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-03T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T15:44:32","slug":"taurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/taurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Taurus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taurus\"Traits:<\/strong> Patient, practical, responsible, stubborn and possessive.<\/p>\n

As someone who eats less for adventure and more for high-quality foods, you can be stubborn, especially when it comes to trying something other than your favorites. So if you have to eat a beautifully marbled rib-eye with fingerling potatoes or crab cakes with no starchy binders, or drink a robust red wine day in, day out, you would do it without any complaints. Mercury\u2019s retrograde in April and May could enable you to be stuck in the mud for even longer, but a shot from Cupid\u2019s arrow in fall will give you a jolt, and love will be in the air.<\/p>\n

Eat this:<\/strong> All things made with good chocolate \u2014\u00a0the gooier the better.<\/p>\n

Not this:<\/strong> Cheap candy bars, processed foods and sugary drinks.<\/p>\n

\"Frozen
Gretchen McKay\/Post-Gazette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frozen Hot Chocolate\u00a0<\/h2>\n

PG tested<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who says hot chocolate has to be hot? This frozen concoction is the dream drink of Taurus, who loves all things decadent but not over the top. Serve the indulgence with a spoon.<\/p>\n

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4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
\n1\u00bd teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
\n1\u00bd tablespoons sugar
\n\u00bd cup half-and-half
\n1\u00bd cups whole milk, divided
\n4 tablespoons coffee liqueur or brewed espresso, divided
\n1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, divided
\n4 cups ice, divided
\nVanilla ice cream for serving<\/ingredients><\/p>\n

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Break chocolate into pieces. Place them in a medium bowl over a pot of simmering water, stirring until just melted.<\/p>\n

Turn off the heat, whisk in cocoa, sugar and half-and-half, and set aside.<\/p>\n

Place \u00be cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of coffee liqueur, \u00bd teaspoon of vanilla extract and half of chocolate mixture in a blender.<\/p>\n

Add 2 cups of ice and blend for several minutes, until mixture is thick but not icy. Add more milk or ice if it\u2019s too thick or thin.<\/p>\n

Pour into 2 (10-ounce) glasses. Top with a scoop of ice cream.<\/p>\n

Repeat for the second 2 glasses. Makes 4 glasses.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u201cCooking for Jeffrey\u201d by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter; October 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frozen Hot Chocolate: Who says hot chocolate has to be hot? This frozen concoction is the dream drink of Taurus.\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/12\/taurus.jpg","wps_subtitle":"April 20-May 20","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgplate-zodiac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}