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Monday, April 18, 2016

So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

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I've loved having this blog, but I've outgrown it. I thought it was the blogger platform, but even after I switched over to Wordpre...
Sunday, August 2, 2015

Savory Inspired Plated Dessert

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The basil and candied pine nut ice cream was very good, but as with any ice cream it is better as an accompaniment to dessert. In this...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Basil and Candied Pine Nut Ice Cream

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I got a new ice cream cookbook that uses a non-custard base. No custard means no pain in the derrière slow cooking and tempering eggs an...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Salted Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

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Chocolate chocolate chip cookies are always good, but add Reese's Pieces and Maldon sea salt and you've got something really qui...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Homemade Tortilla Chips ~ With Recipe

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Here's something that would go nicely with the spring pea guacamole (or salsa, or sour cream, or plain...): fresh tortilla chips. T...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Spring Pea Guacamole

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A few weeks ago, the Internet, to use a technical term, freaked out over a New York Times recipe for guacamole with green peas in it. Ap...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Savory Palmiers

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I've made plenty of sweet palmiers before but savory ones may actually be more enjoyable. They are extraordinarily simple to make; ...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Chocolate Chocolate Breakfast Muffins

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These simple buttermilk mini muffins are kicked up with some cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Simple and not overly sweet, these dense ...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Put the Lime in the Coconut

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I made this cake for an aquantaince whose adult sons wanted to speak with my mom about financial consulting careers. We had them over ri...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Sixtieth Birthday Party

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My pops turned 60 earlier this month. We threw him a big surprise party. And even with all the cooking and preparation we did, he (shocki...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Whoops, I forgot to post this after the other Passover cake , so I may not have entirely retained the details. But really, a nut free, g...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Blueberry Muffins with Lemon Sugar

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These are classic blueberry muffins with a slight twist, lemon zest in the batter and lemon sugar on top. The subtle tang of the lemon c...
Friday, May 8, 2015

Birthday Treats

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Not only did I get my chocolate peanut butter cake , I also got some goodies. My favorite frozen yogurt at a cute little place on the wat...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Chocolate, chocolate chip, fudge muffins

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These are very good. These are rich, moist, chocolate muffins with mini chocolate chips tossed in. These are topped with a fudgy chocola...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Strawberry Rhubarb Buttermilk Quickbread

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Now that I'm not living in a city, I can't alway get some of the odder ingredients I want, but good produce is easy to come by. ...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Kumquatini~with recipe!

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This is a martini made with kumquat simple syrup (see? I told you that it'd be turning up everywhere), a dash of bitters, and a mea...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Quinoa Flour Cake with Kumquats

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I made this for Passover, but I will have to try it for my gluten free cousins, because it was really good! The quinoa flour made the ca...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Chocolate Peanut Butter Birthday Cake

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My mom made me my birthday cake as she always does. This year it was chocolate cake--Thomas Keller's recipe. It was good. Very mois...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Cookies for Passover

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The thing about baking for Passover is that it makes you think a bit more about what you are baking. But past thinking a bit harder when...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Candied Kumquats

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I see more and more recipes pop up on places like pinterest that use kumquats. Kumquats, a diminutive citrus fruit with an edible peel,...