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Apple and Pomegranate Brussels Sprout Salad

November 2, 2011

Note:  It’s past midnight… and I’ve lost my mind raiding my chocolate drawer. Second Note:  I have a chocolate drawer… it’s an occupational perk and hazard. Third Note:  I used to have a chocolate drawer.  Just wrappers now. Fourth Note:  Why does Kim Kardashian insist on making such a joke of her life?  It must [...]

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Curried Sweet Potato Soup with Goat Cheese Biscuits

October 26, 2010

Soup is my favorite thing to make. If I could have been a professional soup maker instead of a professional baker… this blog would have been called something.. well, you know. I love making soup. I just stand in front of the stove and stir.  And stir.  And stir.  And completely space out.  Stir again. [...]

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Cinnamon: The Greatest Hits

October 8, 2010

Cinnamon.  It’s a constant in my cupboard. Cinnamon is that spice that instantly makes baked goods feel extra warm and extra comforting. The smell from the oven?  Pretty much perfect. It feels like Autumn is trying to sneak up on us.  Cinnamon just makes sense these days.  Let me show you some things I’ve shown [...]

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Apple Tarte Tatin

September 26, 2010

Everything about this Apple Tarte Tatin is a good idea. Everything except the scalding hot sugar, the super heavy 400 degree cast iron skillet… and the fact that you somehow have to flip that skillet and all of its contents out onto a serving platter. Ok… maybe not eeeeeverything about this tart is a good [...]

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Fried Apple Cakes

September 12, 2010

I’m ready to put two more blankets on my bed. I’m ready to invest in some fuzzy slippers. I’m ready to sport tight turtlenecks from now until March. I’m ready for turkey chili, broccoli soup and warm apples. Autumn.  It’s almost here.  Heck yea.

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Pumpkin and Butternut Squash Soup

October 14, 2009

Autumn To-Do List Buy boots.  Wear new boots at every waking moment. Bust out the scarves and go for it.  Two at a time?  Fine by me! Make Dad’s Sweet Potato Pie.  I know… I’ve been talking about this for ages.  I need to shut my trap and get bakin’ already. Don’t get Swine Flu, [...]

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Spiced Apple Cake

October 12, 2009

I sometimes wish that my future self could just pop into my present world just to… you know… say hi, and let me know that everything in the future is going along just swimmingly.  That never happens, but maybe I just haven’t given future me enough guidance.  With this in mind…  here’s a quick letter [...]

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Pumpkin Spice Pancakes and other such pumpkin treats

October 5, 2009

  Pumpkin.  It’s October and it is time.  Pumpkin.   Hold on to your hats.  I’ll be all up in your grill with peppermint and chocolate for Christmas before you know it.   For now…. Pumpkin.   Don’t fight it.

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Sit and Stay Awhile Apple Crisp

October 22, 2008

Some recipes are good enough to serve at the church picnic. Some recipes are fine enough to take to the family barbecue. Other recipes you know will satisfy your office coworkers. Those savages will eat just about anything. Then there’s the recipe that you pull out of your back pocket when you’re looking for love. [...]

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Is it time for Spice?

October 9, 2008

What is going on in the world?  Is Al Gore messing with the global temperature again?  We’re sneaking into mid October and here I am in Los Angeles trying to talk myself out of using my air conditioner.  It’s as hot here as it was in July.  We’re talking 90′s people.  90′s!  That’s just not [...]

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