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Red Raspberry Mocha Tart
There is something decadant about raspberries. Their delicate bodies, their tart juicy bursts and their almost royal aftertaste that make me feel fully self indulgent in every bite….in many ways the...
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Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream – the best Thanksgiving leftover
When the dishes are cleared, the guests have left, and not a single slice of pie is left… the only thing left to do is whip up a batch of Pumpkin Pie ice cream to polish off the last of the pumpkin...
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3 Dips every game day needs for a winning spread
It seems almost unfair that we make all these promises to eat healthy for 2014 and then, just as soon as the words are out of our mouth, we start planning a fabulous game day party. I always find...
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Long before I loved food, I loved the film and novel Like Water for Chocolate…. it captured my heart in such a way that only once I began to appreciate cooking did I fall in love with it all over...
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5 quick mid week meals for family cooking
I must confess, I am not a meal planner; try as I might, those well thought out meal plans never go according to plan. Life gets in the way: a phone call that runs late, extra homework that comes...
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Thai Green Curry Paste Recipe
Spring has…ah, sprung? At least according to my kitchen, but not according to my wardrobe. I’m still knee deep in long wooly socks, leather boots, thick sweaters, but in my kitchen, the lighter...
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Family favorite potato recipes
I must admit, I never pass up a french fry or potato chip… my salty cravings always get the best of me, but there are so many other ways for me to satisfy my cravings for salty potatoes, and in my new...
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Classic Chocolate Cake Recipe
At some point in my life I fell out of love with chocolate and then I was coaxed into a chocolate shop in Belgium and found myself sampling enough chocolates to put 20lbs on me. It was that moment...
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Medjool Date, Chorizo and Chic Pea Salad
I’m the first to admit that sometimes, I can be a bit of cliche; especially when it comes to food and the memories that are tied to it. My life is intertwined with the food I have eaten and the people...
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4th of July Cranberry Sorbet Recipe
This July marks our 4 year anniversary of living in the US and it seems like each year we are becoming more and more acclimated to life in US. No one asks for biscuits or to watch the tellie anymore;...
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Pie chips for sweet dips
I’m a sucker for chips and salsa, just ask anyone who happens to be standing next to me at a party — I plant myself there and move only once the bowl is dry. That’s right, I’m one of those, the dip...
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Strawberry and Chocolate Ganache Pie
I love food photography. Wait, what I should say is that I love really good food photography. But photography is a skill and an art form that requires you to have not only time, but the vision to make...
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Raspberry Vanilla Ice Cream
Fork me? Spoon me? Apparently I missed the ettiquette lesson on eating ice cream because when I tuck into a homemade pot of ice cream, I reach for a fork. A spoon only gets in the way of savoring...
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Vanilla Nutella Sandwich Cake
Motherhood, like childhood, goes by in a flash. One moment you are folding teeny tiny onesies for a newborn, and the next, you are watching that baby dance around the room excited for another birthday...
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Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew
Slow cooked anything makes me weak in the knees…. and not just because you spend the whole day smelling the delights to come, but because it is a meal that cooks itself allowing you more time to unwind...
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Caramel and Almond Cookie Recipe + #TollHouseTime Twitter Party
It’s #TollHouseTime, everybody dance. With the holidays coming and every aisle in the grocery store reminding you that you need to turn your kitchen into a semi professional baking kitchen, I’ve...
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Mini Duchess Potatoes
As you know, I never miss an opportunity to eat with my fingers. Emily Post could write a whole passage about my mischievous adventures devouring everything with my hands. Food tastes better when you...
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Pumpkin Spiced Pecan Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Cake, Pumpkin Spiced…. everywhere I look this Thanksgiving, pumpkin everything is within arms reach. Don’t get me wrong, I adore pumpkin pie, and I love pumpkin bread, but I’m...
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Cranberry Custard Pound Cake for #RieslingToFeast
Holidays can be a wonderful mix of laughter and mayhem. And this year with only a few short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas I’m taking all the short cuts I can to ensure that there is plenty...
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Roasted Rose Petal Beets
I know very few jokes, and the ones I do know, I over use. Strangers think I’m funny, but that is only because I use up all my good jokes in the first meeting. By the time we have our second ‘date’...
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