What's Cooking in My Kitchen :

Sunday Evening In

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Saturday we ran all over the city. Walked around the Eiffel Tower, then several blocks to one the the best cheese shops in the city, Maire-Anne Cantin.One of the cheeses we purchased was a tangy creamy Roquefort. mmm. We then[...]

Ahh. Paris

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We arrived this morning and I am quite jet lagged right now.  I have struggled to stay alert until a reasonable bed time.  That time is fast approaching. We made a full day of it.  While waiting for our apartment to be ready for us,[...]

Duck Eggs

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I know. I know.  It's been forever since I have posted. I have found that with as much work as I have had this year (and I AM NOT complaining, I feel grateful),   I  can't work and cook and blog and still have a decent personal[...]

Short comings

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So, one thing I have realized over the past few weeks, is that I find it very difficult to work food styling five days a week, get home after 6 or 7, squeeze in an evening yoga class 3  nights a week and blog.  Kudos to all the amazing bloggers who[...]

Brownies (eek from a box...)

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I am not even sure what possessed me to purchase it.  In the past I've brought left over mixes home from work thinking i'll use them in a pinch.  They sit in the pantry long passed their expiration date. It was the packaging that caught my eye[...]

Eggs in Purgatory

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I have been dying to make this dish for quite some time.  Actually, I first thought about the recipe when I was looking of options for samples for my food styling portfolio,  I knew it would be a challenge to make eggs in tomato sauce look pretty[...]

Raspberry Jam

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A few weeks back my husband and I picked 10 pints of raspberries.  Riding high on the success of my apple butter experience, I attempted raspberry jam for the second venture in canning. I went back to the good ole' Betty Crocker Cookbook for[...]

Puttin' Up for the Winter

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Well. I've done it!  I've actually been canning.   I know you might say, "So what."  "Big Deal."  "So!" Well, for me this is big.  I always assumed canning was too difficult, messy, and time consuming for me to want to tackle it. My mind[...]

Peanut Blondies

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With the kids bake in college,  its time to send cookies and other treats to the hard working (wink wink) students.  I have a variety of recipes to share,  but this is one I'd never tried before. They were well received. Peanut[...]

Fruit Topped Yellow Cake

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I have posted about the cake before, back in March.  I looked back at the post and the photo is there , but not the recipe.  I will repeat it.  When I made it last, I did it without the fruit topping. This time I used peaches.  While they do[...]