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The Easter Lamb

Somehow it is already Easter.  Seems like just yesterday it was Christmas.  Ok so it was over 90 days ago but still seems like no time has gone by.  Of course being Easter means it is time to make the Lamb Cake. … Continue reading

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St. Patrick’s Day

Another St. Patrick’s Day is here.  George is 1/2 Irish, his Mom was born in Ireland, so we officially celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.   We don’t go out on St. Patrick’s Day – too many people.  But that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate.  I … Continue reading

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The Final Course – Profiteroles with Vanilla Ice Cream and Orange Chocolate Sauce

Well here it is folks, the final course of our New Year’s Eve dinner.  This course sounds complicated.  Heck, profiteroles even seems hard to spell.  But trust me, this is pretty easy.  The truth is I used to make profiteroles with … Continue reading

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The Final Count

Cookie baking and decorating is officially done for the holidays!  The final count 63.5 dozen cookies.  Now I begin the task of preparing many of them for shipment to family. Sunday George and I frosted all of the Anise cookies and Gingerbread … Continue reading

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Christmas Cookies – Day 3

Today is the last day of baking; or it was until I saw my daughter’s Facebook post request More Rocks. More Rocks, More Rocks.  Looks like I’ll be making another batch of the Rocks and Chocolate Push Buttons.  That’s ok, … Continue reading

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Christmas Cookies – Day 2

Today my KitchenAid mixer was on fire!  I made the dough for the Anise cookies everyone in my family loves and the dough for the gingerbread men and women – I am an equal opportunity ginger person maker!  As the machine was … Continue reading

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Christmas Cookie Time

I know I promised to be better about keeping this blog up to date.  Somehow lately even my mornings are crammed.  But the holidays are upon us and I can’t resist sharing my Christmas cookie recipes.  Of course the cookies are so … Continue reading

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Rustic Apple Pie

The dessert course in my Italian cooking class was an Apple Crostata.  This is a very fancy name for apples on a pie crust.  A crustata is a pretty rustic dish, made without benefit of pie or tart baking tin.  Essentially … Continue reading

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A Better Eggplant

Last night we had eggplant parmesan.  We love eggplant parmesan but are not really fond of the mushy, for lack of a better word,  eggplant.  Now a traditional eggplant parmesan recipe calls for the eggplant to be salted, drained, breaded … Continue reading

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I’M BAAAACK

To all my readers; I’m sorry for the lapse in the blog.  Life has been one big roller coaster this month.  We’re in the process of painting rooms, cleaning up the yard from our annual spring winds and oh yes, … Continue reading

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