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3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies – Gluten-free, Soy-free + Great for Santa
Life is complicated enough with its ups and downs. The little things, though, are constant and ever-faithful. Sometimes, we just forget to look for them. Keeping things simple is best and that...
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Fruit Mince Pies for a Happy New Year!
Happy 2016, my friend. Thanks for being a faithful audience to my rants. Despite my love for all things Old English, fruit mince pies never really interested me, until some time in early November. My...
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Easy Gulab Jamuns: Indian Donuts
This past Christmas was somewhat unconventional for us. This year, we ordered take-out from our favorite Indian restaurant. Crazy, I know, but we are gypsy rockstars and do like a little crazy. I wore...
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Valentine’s Day Recipe Roundup
Vintage Valentine’s Valentine’s Day is upon us. They say the way to the heart is through the stomach. This has always been my thought and holds true since prehistoric times. Some argue that the cave...
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Classic Napoleon: Easy Entertaining
Classic Napoleon I’ve packed our freezer full with boxes of Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry sheets, because I’m going to make a LOT of Classic Napoleon this holiday season. No self-respecting Armenian...
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Cream-filled Puff Pastry Carrots
The Royal Party Technically Spring isn’t here yet, but the fragrance from blossoms already perfumes the evening air. Daisy’s birthday is coming up and I am putting together everything for a small, but...
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Persian Rose Milk Pudding: Iranian Food Writers on Norouz, the Persian New Year!
Persians are romantics. Even the most ordinary expression of gratitude in exchange for a glass of water is presented as “Merci, aziz-eh dehl am,” meaning “Thank you, dearest of my heart.” While this...
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Almond Honeycomb Candy
Snack Attack When the news comes on, it’s our queue to turn the TV off. Last night was different. Instead of grabbing our toothbrushes, Shawn and I both got off the couch and shuffled to the kitchen....
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Luscious Lemon Curd
As much as I love anything British, I never reached for a jar of lemon curd at the market. Making it from scratch was even more improbable, that is until last night. It was an ordinary evening, like...
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Indian Pudding
This is quite possibly my favorite time of year. Autumn paints the world in bright, warm colors and announces the coming of the holidays. I owe you an apology, because, I was so busy stuffing my face,...
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Persian Tea Cake
My favorite aunt and uncle were in town last weekend and I was hell-bent on making a batch of saffron nazook for them. Somehow I ended up with extra filling and I wasn’t about to waste a smidge of...
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Butterscotch Pudding
Years ago, my sister took Mom to the posh kitchen and bath shop. Later that night, I got a phone call, expecting to hear about all the fancy sinks, faucets, cabinets, but, instead, all I heard about...
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Far Breton: French Pudding with Rum-Soaked Plums
The first time I heard of Far Breton was on Anthony Bourdain’s visit to Brittany years and years ago. He was invited to someone’s house for a cozy home-cooked meal the only part of which I distinctly...
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Japanese Cheesecake (Gluten-free)
Last week, a friend asked if I’d ever had Japanese cheesecake. What? They do cheesecake differently in Japan? Uncle Tetsu who? Apparently, I live under a rock, because I’ve never heard of the guy,...
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Bombay Ice Halwa
While I’m neither Indian nor Hindu, I revel in celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights which marks the fiscal new year in the exotic subcontinent of India. One of my dearest friends knows how much...
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Parisian Hot Chocolate Recipe: Chocolat Chaud
It’s still winter for a few more days. So snuggle down under the blankets, read bedtime stories and wrap your hands around a warm mug of Parisian hot chocolate. If it’s neither windy or chilly, I...
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Marshmallow Bald Eagles
The 4th of July is just around the corner and we’re all amping up for a celebration! Whether a barbecue or a picnic is in the works, dessert is foremost on my mind and this year I have the cutest,...
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Almost Famous Martino’s Bakery Tea Cakes Recipe
Saturday night, Shawn built a nice campfire in the backyard for us and our neighbors came over for a simple dinner of hot dogs and fire-roasted corn. Our friends never visit empty-handed, often...
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Jacques Torres’ Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is said that the recipe for Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies is hard to make, fussy, time-consuming, demanding. The magic formula, which is all over the internet, calls for two kinds of fancy...
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Brownie Cookies
I missed my nephew’s birthday this year, but he’s home now and I really want to treat him to something decadent. Enter Brownie Cookies. Flaky on top and chewy, gooey in the middle these sweeties are...
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