Sourdough Discard Pancakes
Sourdough starter is a beautiful thing. You care for it, warm it, feed it . . . rock it to sleep. Ok maybe not rock it to sleep. But you care for it. You care about it. And throwing away…
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Author Archive: Emilie
San Francisco Sourdough Bread
There is just something about bread. Every culture makes it. Every home has it. Though it changes in color, shape, size, and even ingredients and preparation methods, it remains integrally the same: the food of comfort– the food of home….
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Drought
Drought I can still remember the drought. The weather in Pennsylvania was almost always fairly mild– I remember as a child the temperature seldom getting “up into the nineties.” The nights were cool, with refreshing breezes. The rains were regular,…
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I Wonder
I Wonder I wonder if someday, when we walk in the street Look up and see the sunshine– maybe talk to those we meet: Will we think how wondrous a thing it is When someone holds our hand, or…
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Lemon Lavender French Macarons
Lemon Lavender French Macarons put together all the best things about spring. They are fresh and bright, with a pop of fresh citrus and a kiss of floral loveliness. They are also deliciously gluten free and darned cute, too. I…
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Tiffany and Co. Flower Pots
What seems like a lifetime ago, when things were “normal” before COVID-19 quarantine, my kids and I planted seeds in little Jiffy seed starter greenhouses. We watered them carefully and watched them grow from tiny little sprouts to bushy, healthy…
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Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Have you ever tried mint chocolate chip ice cream made with fresh mint? It all started when the store was out of EVERYTHING because of the COVID-19 panic. We were stranded together like cats in a sack, and the store…
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Cookies at the Kitchen Table
Cookies at the Kitchen Table When my great grandmother was upset she would always make bread dough. My grandmother told me that “even if it was evening and she didn’t need bread until morning she would go out there and…
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Coffee Rum French Macarons
Someone asked me the other day to make Coffee Rum French Macarons. “Wait. There is coffee flavored rum?” said I. “Yes and it would be great in French macarons,” said she. And she was right. What are we waiting for? …
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Cake for Lunch
Cake for Lunch There were lots of big, strong, strapping men around on my grandparents’ dairy farm– boys with fingers as thick as sausages, from handling the farm work. I was quiet and liked to read, but I wasn’t…
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