Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
My sister just returned from a trip to Paris, and because I told her she’d regret it until her dying day if she didn’t, she visited the famous Angelina of Paris and tried the hot chocolate. Yes. It really is…
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If there is something more elegant than a pristine Tiffany & Co. box perfectly serenaded by a soft, satin ribbon, then I don’t know what it is. When a good friend of mine told me that her favorite movie was…
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Yum I just love patriotic holidays. There is something so striking about the snap of Red, White, and Blue. This dessert is perfect for either Memorial Day, or, conveniently, the 4th of July that follows soon enough after that your…
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Yum Early summer is perhaps one of the fairest times of the entire year. The sun obligingly stays out extra long, just so that you can soak up your front porch and wave to the neighbors as they cut grass….
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Yum Summer evenings are made for living. The sun stays out an extra few hours, just to be an extra good sport. The evenings last forever, with cool, fragrant breezes begging you to come outside and sit on the porch. Friends…
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Yum We’ve all been there– you come home after an exhausting day of work, pick up the kids, swing by the grocery store to grab the groceries, and then heave the heavy bags through the door while everyone whines about…
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Yum Have you ever had a French Macaron? I mean, a REAL French macaron– not the American Coconut Macaroon. Macaron with 1 “o” is a delicate, utterly divine meringue cookie filled with your choice of filling. It is truly a…
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Yum I have long searched for a divinely fudgy, chocolate frosting. I have tried many many recipes, but I either found them too grainy, too “gritty” from added cocoa powder, or just plain yeeeeck from shortening. I had just about…
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Yum Perhaps it’s because I grew up in Pennsylvania. Perhaps it’s because when you are surrounded by German-descended people, you grow up eating foods like pork and sauerkraut and potato everything. Perhaps it’s because a warm, bacon-laden potato salad with…
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Yum It’s hard not to love potatoes. They are kind of like the best friend of the dinner table– grinning amicably beside anything from a gorgeous Sunday roast beef to an easy summer burger. They can be boiled, braised, baked,…
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