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Category: Dessert

How Not to Make S’Mores in Your Toaster

I make lava rocks so you don’t have to.

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January 16, 2012 January 16, 2012Adventures in Cooking, Dessert, Easy, Recipes 3

Pumpkin Bread

A less sinful Thanksgiving dessert, and a musing on what happens to food when we’re not looking.

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November 22, 2011 November 22, 2011Adventures in Cooking, Dessert, Dinner, Easy, Eating Out, Meditations on Food, Party & Holiday, Recipes 0

Local Fruit vs Non-Local: A Smoothie Dilemma

Guilt free food? I weigh in on local and organic debate.

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June 7, 2011 June 8, 2011Beverages, Breakfast, Dessert, Easy, Lowfat, Meditations on Food, Quick, Recipes 2

Homemade Hot Chocolate

“Salt in hot chocolate?” I wondered aloud, reading from the can of unsweetened Hershey’s cocoa. It was my first time making hot chocolate not from a mix. “Leave it out,” my husband Wayne yelled from the other room, with the conviction of one who happily omits any ingredients he deems…

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January 18, 2011 January 29, 2011Adventures in Cooking, Beverages, Dessert 5

Brigadeiros: Brazilian Candy-Making for Klutzes

I am immensely grateful that in one of his cleaning frenzies, my dad rescued a forgotten artifact from my childhood: a recipe book my mom had begun to create with me when I was in elementary school. We apparently only got as far as three recipes—including French toast for one…

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January 4, 2011 January 8, 2011Adventures in Cooking, Dessert, Easy, Party & Holiday, Recipes 2
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