Late night blog reading can be very dangerous… I find myself craving all sorts of delicious foods at 11:00pm, when it is far too late to run to the store to pick of a few last minute ingredients. I picked this week’s posts for my Friday Favorites because they were the ones that made me…
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Tags: brandy, caramel corn, chocolate, coffee, frappe, frappucino, garlic scapes, pesto, pizza, popcorn, portobello, Southern Comfort, tiramisu, trifle
Wow… What a week! The week started off with us moving the entire contents of our upstairs down into our living room and garage in preparation for carpet installation on Tuesday… Tuesday came and went, and there was no carpet. The carpet came on Wednesday instead. There were a few mishaps along the way, but by…
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Tags: buttercream, cardamom, cheesecake, chocolate, coffee, cupcake, dip, feta, nutella, pizza, sweet potato, Swiss chard, tart
Each year, my mom and I go shopping on Black Friday. It’s our thing… and I love it! After my Black Friday adventure of shopping in the malls and stores with all of the other crazy shoppers, I’m usually ready to settle in at home for a few days. After Black Friday, I usually have…
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Tags: Bialetti, books, Christmas, coffee, cookbooks, cookie cutter, Cuisinart, espresso, gift ideas, holidays, Imperia, KitchenAid mixer, magazines, Norpro, pasta, recommendations
With the holidays coming up, we can all use some fresh new ideas for hostess gifts. I always like to keep a few small gifts on hand so that I have something when I need it. You never know when you’ll get invited to a party or a get together and you need a last…
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Tags: chocolate, Christmas, coffee, cookies, Equal Exchange, fair trade, gifts, holidays, hostess, organic, tea, Thanksgiving, WFMW, Works For Me Wednesday
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote one of my regular Friday Favorites posts… It seems that live is getting in the way a bit this summer! So, as I was going through my RSS reader this week, I came up with a few extra posts this week that I thought were worthy of…
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Tags: cake, coffee, cookies, cranberry, Culinary Institute of America, cupcakes, Macaroni and Cheese, orange, photography, props, scones
This week I hit my 100th blog post… and I’m already on my 13th edition of my Friday Favorites! It seems like just yesterday that I was pondering starting a food blog. Originally, I just wanted to work on a few original recipes to put together a cookbook for my friends and family for Christmas. As…
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As you may have guessed from my posts thus far, I love dessert. I am also a big fan of all things coffee, including coffee ice cream. The other evening, my husband wanted some ice cream for dessert, so I whipped up this quick sundae. I simply topped some coffee ice cream with homemade caramel sauce…
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