Category: Books
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Cherry Upside Down Cake
This is not a pretty cake on first glance. The moment the cherry upside down cake is freed from its pan, the only pretty it could be considered is pretty…
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A Taste of Yellow: Lemon-Olive Oil Ice Cream with Lemon Rosemary Cornmeal Shortbread
As many of you know if you read my post on Carli’s Bees Cheese, cancer has had a big impact on our family. We have lost those dear to us,…
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A Spring Trifle
If, like me, you have not before made a trifle, you may think it must be a breeze. And in fact, if you already have the cake, the pastry cream,…
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Jack's Quick Salmon Soup
Jack, to you. It’s Dad to me. And this is another recipe from my family cookbook. My dad was never afraid to get into the kitchen, and when he cooks,…
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A Moroccan Inspired Artichoke Frittata
One of the things that drew me to Arabesque, Claudia Roden’s book of Moroccan, Turkish and Lebanese cookery, other than the praises I’ve seen across the web, is the brilliant…
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Carli's Bee Cheese
When I was in second grade, my father remarried. I couldn’t have had any idea then, when I first met Carli, how much of an impact she’d have on my…
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Blueberry Whole Wheat Brioche Rolls
This recipe is the delightful result of indecision. I needed some breakfast treats this week for my daughter, and she said she’d like either cinnamon rolls or blueberry muffins. Who’s…
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Three Platings of Farro Pudding
Is it just me, of have you also noticed farro popping up on all sorts of menus lately. Maybe it’s just a Seattle thing, but it seems that all the…
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Sweet and Savory Crab Wontons
One of my fondest food-related memories is of discovering that I actually love fish. For years, I passionately hated any non-shellfish seafood. That all changed when I had my first…
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Be Still My Beeting Heart: SHF #28
“You put what in the chocolate cake???!!!” There are those of you out there that can’t stand beets, and those of you who love them. Even those who are passionate…
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A Sort of Banh Mi Bruschetta
No, don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten about this blog! It’s just taken me a few days to get back in the swing of things from our Fernie trip. That, and…
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Road Trip!
Cam and I are heading out on a road trip to eastern British Columbia tomorrow morning to try out skiing some different northwest slopes… those of Fernie, BC. It’s nine…