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Coconut Candy Bars

...In this recipe, paraffin wax—a now mostly forgotten candy-making ingredient—is mixed with chocolate so that it will set properly when cooled and take on a shiny appearance...

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The Confidence Game - Recommended Book

...We tend to believe that chance has a way of evening things out. If a coin has landed on tails eight times, the next one must be heads. It's hard for us to wrap our heads around the fact that probability doesn't care about timing; doesn't care about what we think, and doesn't care about what came before. Each event is entirely independent of the one before, and will in no way affect the one after. Still, the gambler insists that the next one will be the lucky winner...

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Pecan Toffee

...Pure sugar syrup heated to the hard-crack stage becomes a hard, translucent candy. In this recipe, the addition of butter produces an opaque candy with a silkier but still crunchy texture...

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Eat That Frog - Recommended Book

...The Need to be Selective – For this reason, and perhaps more than ever before, your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality of skill you can develop...

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Why Paying Yourself 5% Interest On A 401(k) Loan Is A Bad Investment Deal

The end result is that while borrowing from a 401(k) plan may be an appealing option for those who need to borrow – where the effective borrowing cost is not the 401(k) loan interest rate but the “opportunity cost” or growth rate of the money inside the account – it’s still not an effective means to actually increase your returns, even if the 401(k) loan interest rate is higher than the returns of the investment account. Instead, for those who have “loan interest” to pay to themselves, the best strategy is simply to contribute the extra money to the 401(k) plan directly, where it can both be invested, and receive the 401(k) tax deduction (and potential employer matching!) on the contribution itself!

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Chocolate Caramel Tart

...Sticky caramel and dark chocolate are a natural pair. We found using that darker, Dutch-process cocoa powder in this recipe makes for a more flavorful, cookie-like crust...

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