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desserts

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream

September 29, 2009

Printer Friendly Ice Cream Recipe Call me a geek, but I love “tech” stuff. I got my first digital camera over a decade ago and www.wired2theworld.com (our travelogue web site started in early ’98) was one of the first ones of its kind out there. Now everyone and their brother has a blog. When Twitter arrived on [...]

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Blueberry Lemon Curd Tart

June 26, 2009
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Very rarely do I go out and buy food with the express intent to make something specific. Rather, I’m usually inspired by something I see at the market or by the desire to use something already in my ‘fridge, freezer or pantry. Last weekend, when planning my “Girl’s Night” baking party, I wanted to make something for [...]

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Chocolate Ganache Tart with Fresh Strawberries; or How to Make Sweet Tart Dough

May 9, 2009
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We have a tradition of Sunday dinners in our family. I don’t have a particularly large, related-by-blood family, but I do have a wonderful group of friends who have become our extended family and are as much my sisters and brothers as if we shared the same DNA. The dinners don’t happen every Sunday, but we try at least [...]

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Strawberry Shortcakes with Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Biscuits

March 30, 2009
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Over the weekend, when we went to TomatoMania, we bought some incredible strawberries from the farm where the event was being held. What to do, what to do? These berries were so spectacular, they deserved something special. Contrary to what most grocery stores would lead you to believe, “shortcakes” are not scary yellow sponge-like cakes, [...]

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