Thanksgiving with Dorie – Twofer Pie

Thanksgiving here for us is small – it’s just me, my husband, and his immediate family (parents & sister).  I cook all day and usually make two pies – one apple and one pumpkin.  This year, since the Twofer pie fell during Thanksgiving week and we were given more time to bake it so that [...]

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Breakfast Potatoes

After last weekend’s sweet breakfast, I decided to go savory with this past Saturday’s brunch.  My husband loves potatoes, so while doing my Thanksgiving Day shopping, I threw some extra potatoes into my cart for brunch.  I keep things pretty simple – I cube and parboil a couple pounds of potatoes (organic Yukon golds are [...]

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Pumpkin Pancakes

I am not good at making pancakes.  They seem simple, but I’ve always had such bad luck with them.  I think one problem is that I only have one small heavy good-quality nonstick skillet (I think it’s only 6 or 7 inch diameter) – I don’t cook nonstick much, and don’t have a big flat pan [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Arborio Rice Pudding

The first time I had rice pudding was during college, when my now-husband (and back then, not even my boyfriend yet) ordered it for dessert at one of the local restaurants on campus.  I didn’t really get it – pudding, with rice in it?  But I took a taste and really liked it.  It wasn’t [...]

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English fry-up

Quick post today.  Yes, I’m still here!  Unfortunately, I missed this week’s TwD (Kugelhopf) as my mother-in-law’s birthday was this past weekend so I decided to concentrate on cooking her special birthday dinner and threw all other projects to the wind.  Work has also been insane, meaning I’ve had very little extra time to blog and [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Rugelach

Let me just say – I love these cookies.  They are so, so good – even though I have no basis for comparison, never having had rugelach before – what’s not to like?  A slightly tangy cream cheese dough, a slick of tart raspberry jam, toasted pecans and chocolate chips .. and in such a pretty [...]

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Breakfast Stromboli

I was getting some pizza dough ready for a homemade BBQ chicken pizza (recipe to come soon), and thought I’d make some extra and do something different for our Saturday brunch.  Pizza dough is amazingly versatile, isn’t it?  I really want to try the hand-tossed pizza dough that the Daring Bakers made this month, but [...]

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