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Caprese Salad with Olives

July 23, 2009
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I should have titled this post, ’shamelessly simple’. It’s quick to prepare and contains a powerful blend of flavors from the sweet tomatoes, creamy fresh mozzarella, salty pitted olives, torn basil leaves, salt, cracked pepper, and golden extra virgin olive…

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Casatiello: a Savory Bread

June 15, 2009
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This marks my second indulgent week of deliciously sinful carbs. I enjoy bread baking, especially the lengthy proofing process, and find it therapeutic. However, the amount of bread I’m turning out (and consuming) is the downside to my so-called therapy.…

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Baked Peaches with Amaretti Stuffing

July 14, 2008

Desserts do not get any easier (or more delicious) than this simple recipe featuring fresh peaches. The tender fruit is stuffed with an amaretti cookie mixture then baked until the peaches are soft and the topping nicely browned. I used…

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Ciabatta catastrophe – how do you measure up?

March 10, 2008

Don’t let the photo fool you, the bread turned out rather disgusting, both in taste and texture. I guess I’m on a ciabatta roller coaster having great success recently, now followed by a ciabatta disaster.

I enjoyed the ciabatta bread made in…

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Ciabatta Bread (in less than 5 hours)

March 3, 2008
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I’ve been craving bread lately, nice thick slabs of chewy and crusty bread, good old European style bread. I’ve looked through my books and nothing sparked my interest. By dumb luck, I happened across a recipe last night for a…

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Sweet polenta cake with caramelized apples & almonds

February 29, 2008

I am a horrible sucker for cheap cookbooks — they lure me in with their big colorful photos and promise of a few good recipes. The books are not written by any particular expert, merely ‘edited by’ a staffer with…

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Italian Apple Cake – Torta Soffice Di Mele Recipe

April 8, 2007

A dense, poundcake-like texture … lemon zest flavors the cake while golden delicious apples sink into the top to add a bit of depth and texture. This is the ‘Torta Soffice Di Mele” or Light Apple Cake which I found…

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