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Pomodoro Sauce, Our Way
Awhile back, my younger sister Mollie and I tried our hand at creating our very own Pomodoro sauce. If I had to guess, I’d say I was about eighteen or nineteen, and she was still in high school. The only … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, farmer, fresh ground pepper, garlic, grape tomatoes, lunch, minced garlic, olive oil, onion, overripe tomatoes, pasta, pasta sauce, penne, pomodoro, pomodoro sauce, salt, sisters, skillet, tomato, white onion
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Chocolate Brownie Cookies and Emergency Blog Posts
This post is what I would like to call an “emergency blog post.” Emergency as in, I still haven’t bought a new camera, I just finished two slightly insane weeks at work, and have been running around crazy trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Uncategorized
Tagged baking, bittersweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate chunks, brownie, Chocolate, chocolate brownie cookies with white chocolate and roasted macadamia nuts, cookies, delicious, dessert, emergency, gooey, instant coffee, instant coffee powder, macadamia nuts, roasted macadamia nuts, stress, white chocolate, white chocolate chips
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Israel
Perhaps some of you noticed that I’ve been MIA the past couple of weeks. No, I didn’t go into a sugar-induced food coma from all the ice cream I was churning out. Nor did I spontaneously apparate to France sans … Continue reading
Posted in Traveling, Uncategorized
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Bastille Day and Banana-Nutella Crepes
Happy Bastille Day! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Bastille Day, it’s basically the French equivalent of our Fourth of July. It commemorates the day (the 14th of July) when unhappy French peasants stormed the Bastille (a French … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Dessert, Uncategorized
Tagged banana, banana nutella crepe, Bastille Day, butter, crepe, dessert, france, french food, French holiday, nutella, powdered sugar, street food
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Making My Own Ice Cream
Everyone, meet my ICE-21 Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. ICE-21, meet everyone. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to make my own ice cream. Maybe it began three years ago, when I spent all summer working at a … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Ice Cream, Uncategorized
Tagged cookbook, Cuisinart ICE-21, dessert, gelato, Ice Cream, ice cream cookbook, ice cream maker, Jeni's, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home, pisatchio, Pistachio and Honey, roasted pistachio, salty, salty caramel, summer, sweet
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Strawberry Shortcakes
I have always loved strawberry shortcake. When I was little, my parents, siblings and I would drive to Belleville, Illinois to Eckert’s Farm and Country Store. We would go during the Fall to pick apples, and sometimes we would even … Continue reading
New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe is something of a celebrity on food blogs. I don’t remember where I first came across it, but now, everywhere I look, it seems to appear; Most recently, it appeared on Pinterest, and one look at the description … Continue reading
Posted in Cookies, Uncategorized
Tagged 60% dark chocolate, baking, bread flour, brown sugar, butter, cake flour, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chips, cookies, dessert, Ghiradelli, Ghiradelli bittersweet chocolate chips, granulated sugar, Jacques Torres, new york times chocolate chip cookies, Pinterest
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National Ice Cream Month
It’s National Ice Cream Month! I could leave the post at that…the words seem to speak for themselves. After all, what could be better than having an entire 31 days devoted to one of America’s most beloved desserts? I know … Continue reading
Posted in Ice Cream, Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged birthday cake, birthday cake ice cream, caramel, custard, dessert, flowers, homemade, Ice Cream, July, National Ice Cream Month, park, pond, salty caramel, Serendipity, sprinkles, St. Louis, summer, sweet, Tower Grove Park, yellow cake
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Farmers Market Blueberry Muffins
This summer, I’ve been learning more about in-season produce. In the past, I assumed that fruit grew all summer long. I knew certain fruit tasted better during certain months, but didn’t realize that you couldn’t find fresh strawberries, for example, … Continue reading
Posted in Muffins, Uncategorized
Tagged baking, blueberries, blueberry muffins, breakfast, butter, cinnamon, dessert, eggs, farmer's market, farmer's markets, fresh produce, fruit, market, nutmeg, snack, sugar, summer
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Gazpacho
If you would have told me ten years ago that I’d be making a refrigerated soup out of tomatoes, onions, and cucumber, I probably would have thought you were lying. Growing up, I didn’t even like tomatoes…in fact, I avoided … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Uncategorized
Tagged baguette, bell peppers, cold soup, cucumber, dinner, extra virgin olive oil, french baguette, garlic, gazpacho, heat, hothouse cucumber, olive oil, onion, red bell peppers, red onion, soup, Spanish, summer, tomato, tomato juice, tomatoes, white wine vinegar
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