rainy day at the beach

1T darkest, best cocoa available

1T granulated sugar (or vanilla bean simple syrup)

1T butter

melt in microwave; stir together
(or use chocolate chips rather than three ingredients above)

Stir together in separate dish:

2 oz heavy cream

2 oz 2% milk (whatever you have; the richer the better)

microwave just below boiling point

stir chocolate mixture into warm milk

add touch of vanilla extract

whisk to mix well

enjoy

(yield 1 small, quite rich glass of hot chocolate)

reading "A Movable Feast" and watching the rain...