San Francisco

My company unexpectedly sent me out to San Francisco at the last minute for the week to help out with a big project going on out here, so I will unfortunately miss this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie and won’t be cooking much!  Hopefully, I’ll still be able to get some posts in about the yummy food [...]

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Macaroni and Cheese

Is there anything not to like about mac and cheese (besides its devastating effects on one’s waistline), especiallly when it’s done well?  One thing I love about the dish is the many variations on it, and how this one dish can be so many different dishes.  Different cheeses, different methods, different shapes of pasta, baked, [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Dimply Plum Cake

I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited about this recipe.  Plums?  In a cake?  I happen to love plums – especially Italian Prune Plums in the fall – but as with most fruit, I prefer eating them out-of-hand.  95% of the time, if you presented me with a baked good with fruit in it, [...]

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Carrot Cake

A few weeks ago, after reading this post by Sharon over at Culinary Adventures of a New Wife, I realized that I’d never had carrot cake before.  I grew up in a house where my mom only made Chinese-style cakes by scratch – anything “American” (chocolate, yellow cake, etc.) would come from a box.  And [...]

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Oven Fried Chicken

When I was little, fried chicken from Popeye’s was such a treat.  We didn’t have it often – maybe a few times a year – but as a child, it was so exciting.  I liked everything about the meal – the buttermilk biscuits, eating with my hands, etc.  I haven’t picked up a piece of [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Chocolate Chunkers

I used to be a chocoholic.  How does one not become a chocoholic anymore?  I have no idea, but over the past few years, I find that I don’t really crave it anymore (or, at least, very rarely).  I used to be able to eat a piece of chocolate at any time, but now, I [...]

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Baked Bacon and Egg Bread Cups

It’s been a long week. We just got back from a great vacation in California last week, which was one of the most relaxing weeks I’ve had in a long time. Rest was a huge priority, and we definitely got enough of it. We also attended a good friend’s wedding, which was beautiful, and spent [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops

Reading through this week’s TwD recipe made me feel nostalgic. For one thing – Ovaltine? One of my childhood friend’s mom would make us cups of Ovaltine as a snack. The first time I tasted it, I was confused by it – it wasn’t exactly like hot chocolate, but it had chocolate notes and that [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters

I love to bake cookies. Most of them bake quickly, cool quickly, and are easy to share. Needless to say, I was excited about this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe – Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters. I’ve made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and normal chocolate chip cookies; but [...]

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California

My husband and I are in California visiting my parents and attending a wedding – I prepared my Tuesdays with Dorie post ahead of time, but other than that, it’ll be quiet around here.    Be back soon!

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