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Breakfast and Brunch

Grab-n-Go Coffee Cake

Coffee cake is pure marketing brilliance. Let’s face it, it’s cake. But simply by calling it ‘coffee cake’ it’s transformed from a dessert into an acceptable breakfast, at least in my mother’s household. I’m not complaining but instead am fascinated…

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Caraway Pork Meatballs with Tzatziki

Meatballs are likely one of the most perfect foods, especially when cooking on a budget. You get big flavor from little money and you can use them in so many different ways. This batch of meatballs I flavored with caraway,…

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Fruit Salad with Ginger Syrup

\I enjoy thinking about food, especially planning food for an intimate dinner or a casual Sunday brunch. I lose myself in daydreaming about what I’ll make and how I’ll prepare each dish, from the prep work to the rotation schedule…

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Cornmeal Griddle Cakes, Pancakes Recipe

Breakfast is my favorite meal so it’s ironic that I sometimes skip it if I’m having a hectic morning. I know, I know … it’s the most important meal of the day and shouldn’t be overlooked, but occasionally it happens.…

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Strawberry-Blueberry Magic Cobbler Recipe

Berry season is upon us and I couldn’t be more happy. Whether you’re looking for strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or boysenberries, the fruits are becoming readily available and at affordable prices. This berry cobbler is versatile and a great use of…

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Strawberry Cornmeal Muffins Recipe

Growing up, we raised and picked our own berries. It’s one of the things I miss most about the farm, especially when strawberry season rolls around.

This past week I decided to find a local U-Pick farm where we could re-live…

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Buttermilk Rhubarb Bread

Rhubarb endears itself to me a little more each year. A few weeks ago, I found myself suddenly in my childhood home just as Spring took over the landscape, transforming stagnant trees into leafy towers. I walked the perimeter of…

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Savory Smoked Cheese Souffle

I am proud of today’s souffle — isn’t it beautiful? Today marks my second attempt at souffle and I’m happy to report it turned out perfectly (and if you don’t think so, please don’t shatter my dreams). I’ve used a…

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Dutch Baby Pancakes w/Eggs & Chorizo

Yesterday was not special. I worked. I blogged. I drank too much coffee. I ate too many shortbread cookies. I regretted not blogging more. I regretted drinking too much coffee. I hated myself for not buying more shortbread cookies.

As the…

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How To Make Homemade Yogurt

The wind whipped through the city last night. I only know this from the clanking sound made by the bathroom vent as the building slowly inhaled and exhaled, as though being resuscitated by the wind outside.

Around 1am the incessant…

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