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Holiday Baking

Nutty Cranberry Relish Scones

November 28, 2009

Lessons Learned From My First Time Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner: No matter how nice the cooking schedule looks on paper, something’s going to happen to fuck it up. Because of that, always make most of the sides before the turkey goes in the oven. People can microwave ‘em later. Truffle butter makes EVERYTHING better My friend [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash Cheesecake

November 18, 2009

Leave it to me to run straight to dessert in my quest for a great Thanksgiving meal. I wanted to try a different take on dessert but still wanted it to celebrate the Fall season. After eating my fair share of roasted butternut squash the last few weeks, a light bulb went off in my [...]

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Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake

November 13, 2009

It’s quite possible I have gone a tad bit pumpkin crazy this season.  And to understand my almost obsessive love for pumpkins, we need to go back to my childhood.  See, I was the kid whose mother wouldn’t celebrate Halloween.  Convinced it was a bad holiday, my mom didn’t want us to dress up or [...]

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Apple Galette

October 15, 2009

I have a confession to make: I get very nervous when I cook for someone for the first time.  Call it performance anxiety or just one of my many “quirks”, but I freeze up like a deer in headlights whenever I’m presented with the task of cooking for someone new.  I worry that the dish [...]

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Pumpkin Shortbread Cookies

October 5, 2009

This is the start of my favorite time of year.  From October through Christmas, I’m that giddy, goofy annoyingly cheerful person everyone hates (I guess I should apologize upfront for all the merriment and good cheer that will be unleashed…mostly to the Boy since he has to live with me).  While I enjoy Spring too [...]

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