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24 December 2009

Hot Pepper Jelly from Taste of Home

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I found this recipe several years ago in a Taste of Home Magazine. Bagels and cream cheese just don't seem to be the same without the sweet and spicy contrast (...)
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6 December 2009

Polynesian cocktail party

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I freely admit I have a penchant for Polynesia. It started when I was a kid, going out to dinner with my family at the Asia Fantasia in Dover, NH. I was mad (...)
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22 December 2009

Traditional Greek Christmas Sweets

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Christmas in Greece would not be Christmas without the traditional sweets Melomakarona and Courambiedes. And it's always so much more satisfying to make your (...)
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7 December 2009

Mini omelettes in tamarind gravy

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Its kinda hard for me to give a prefect name to this gravy, i was planning to name it as egg gravy but i wasnt that much satisfied of the name, as i prepared (...)
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15 December 2009

Rosemary urban's crab dip

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I find this crab dip to be the perfect crowd-pleasing dish to bring to any party, but it's particularly best to share around the holidays, or the Super Bowl! (...)
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17 December 2009

Holiday menu inspired by twelve days of christmas

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Last year, I discovered Virginia Willis' cookbook Bon Appétit, Y’all and was quite taken by the inventive set of dishes she assembled for a holiday menu based (...)
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19 December 2009

What to do with leftover meatballs

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With only five meatballs left over, and no desire to heat them up and eat them as they were, I decided to get creative and make something with them. Since (...)
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23 December 2009

Apricot-Glazed Turkey with Roasted Onion and Shallot Gravy

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This is a recipe for Turkey that I came across in Bon Appetit 14 years ago. I have faithfully made this my Turkey recipe ever since then. I find it foolproof, (...)
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28 December 2009

Traditional greek new year cake vassilopitta

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In Greece we traditionally have the Vassilopitta cake at New Year. A coin or special good luck charm called the floori is placed in it and whoever gets the (...)
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29 December 2009

Yamples or Yams and Apples

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This recipe also came from my sister in law, but we re-named it from Yams and Apples to "Yamples". I grew up as a die hard candied yam girl. Just didn't want (...)
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2 December 2009

Queen of Sheba Cake

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"What on earth is a Champagne party?" I exclaimed to Baby as I read about the Queen of Sheba cake (The Hundredth Show) in Julia Child’s The French Chef (...)
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16 December 2009

Cookie Monster

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Is it the holiday season or the deepening cold that has me desiring, and subsequently baking cookies? I would have to believe it is the latter given that I (...)
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11 December 2009

Swedish Meatballs

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My Swedish ancestors are celebrating these meatballs, probably the only Swedish food that I know how to make and the recipe comes from the Joy of Cooking, not (...)
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28 December 2009

Baked leek and mushrooms

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Serve: 4 Prep 15 mins Cook 45 minsIngredients:1oz butter5 medium leeks, trimmed and sliced8 ¾ oz mushrooms, sliced1 clove of garlic, crushed3 fl oz chicken (...)
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17 December 2009

Ek Cutting Chai

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Undoubtedly, Tea has been the favorite beverage of India. The ads featuring Zakir Hussain saying Wah Taj! are still fresh in my mind. Taaza ki taazgi, Red (...)
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28 December 2009

Boxing day 27th quick recap

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Holiday! We were out of town yesterday and just got back this evening - hence the delay in blogging. With the hustle and (...)
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9 December 2009

The Belly of the Beast

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I will readily confess that almost anything swine appeals to me, save perhaps a bout of influenza, or those pickled feet sitting in a jar by the cashier at the (...)
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14 December 2009

Anne weil dimonte's potato salad

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Submitted by Regina DiMonte Freedman:"As interesting and complex my mother was as a person, that definitely wasn’t what she was as a cook. Meat, potatoes and (...)
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3 December 2009

Linguine with Fennel and Sardines

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Canned sardines have always had a bad reputation, a reputation that can be extended to any canned fish, even tuna fish has noses turned up at it. I’m into it, (...)
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14 December 2009

Penne alla Boscaiola

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This may have been the first time I’ve had a Boscaiola sauce, it’s a pasta that you can find on almost every menu in Tuscan restaurants and one that I always (...)
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17 December 2009

Dody buermann's chili recipe

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Thanks to my friend of almost 30 years for sending this wonderful tribute to her mother, and of course, to our dear Dody for leaving us the blueprint for her (...)
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22 December 2009

Everything but the girolle

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I first sampled the marvellously heady Tete de Moine when Reggie and I reviewed Ayza earlier this year for Next magazine. Executive chef Sean Chudoba gets all (...)
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2 December 2009

Focaccia

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I can’t decide if it is a cause of laziness, or if they just do it better, but my husband and I have started buying pizza dough at the Publix close to our (...)
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14 December 2009

Phyllis lippmann's coffee torte

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Submitted by Susan Kaden:"This recipe reminds me of growing up with the best cook ever on the planet and how she always let me cook and bake with her. She (...)
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15 December 2009

Healthy green smoothie for cold days

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Yes, I drink smoothies when it is -40 outside. Need to get those greens in!!! I started my morning with a Green Monster (1 banana, 1 cup milk, 1 pack wheat (...)