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Tiramisu
CHUCK ROBBINS AND GAME EMPIRE
Inspired by foodnetwork.com
This Italian favorite makes for the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert. It’s easy to whip up and will make the holiday feel extra special.
INGREDIENTS
6 egg yolks
2 teaspoons dark rum 24 packaged ladyfingers
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3 tablespoons sugar
1 pound mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate shavings, for garnish
1 1/2 cups strong espresso, cooled
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large mixing bowl, use a whisk to beat together egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. 2. Add mascarpone cheese and beat until smooth. 3. Fold in 1 tablespoon of espresso. 4. In a small, shallow dish, combine remaining espresso with rum. Dip each ladyfinger into mixture for 5 seconds. Place soaked ladyfingers at the bottom of a walled baking dish. 5. Spread half of the mascarpone mixture on top of the first layer of ladyfingers. Top with another layer of ladyfingers and another layer of mascarpone. 6. Cover and refrigerate 2–8 hours. 7. Remove from fridge, sprinkle with chocolate shavings, and serve. TAKE A BREAK
A sad fact of life is that you don’t often see people working in jobs that they are truly passionate about. Sometimes people go to college with a career path in mind, but once they graduate and get into that field, they realize that they either need to find another job or deal with an unsatisfactory work life until retirement. Before he started Game Empire, Chuck Robbins was living in the latter situation. He had gone to law school to be a corporate bankruptcy attorney. He even landed a job right out of college. He soon realized, though, that he hated it too much to stay in that role for the rest of his life, so he started brainstorming ideas for a job he would actually enjoy. He realized that he had spent over 40 years of his life playing tabletop games, and during that time, he had spent a lot of hours and money playing games that he didn’t necessarily enjoy. For this reason, he decided to take his passion for gaming and his 40 years of expertise and open Game Empire, a place “where gamers help gamers.” At Game Empire, Chuck and his team help people find new board games, RPGs, and card games. They allow customers the option to trade in cards, and they also house a bunch of tables in the store so that players can come in, organize themselves, and play Dungeons and Dragons during store hours. Chuck is one of my newer clients, but in the past two years I’ve worked with him, I’ve discovered that he was able to build an extraordinarily awesome business due not only to his passion for the work, but also to how brilliantly strategic his brain is. It’s been so cool to watch him bring together this huge community of gamers and provide them with the resources they need to find new games and make a bunch of friends in the process.
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