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Remembering Greg with Chocolate Cheese Pie
My brother would have turned forty-six today. I am certain that he would still be living in Charlotte, so we would have driven over and had a wonderful meal with my mom and dad, him and his wife and kids. Continue reading…
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Tagged cheese cake, cheesecake with fudge sauce, chocolate cheese pie, Greg Field, In Memoriam, loss of brother
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Yeast Raised Krispy Klones: Making Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Every state has a culinary claim to fame. Wisconsin has Jack Link’s, Colorado is home to Russell Stover; Cabot cheese comes from Vermont; Steak-Umms hail from Pennsylvania. And then, there’s North Carolina. Home sweet home. So many magical food products Continue reading…
Thai Ginger Key Lime Wedding Cookies
The kind folks at Old City Salts sent me a complimentary one ounce packet of Thai Ginger Sea Salt to play with. They didn’t ask me to write a post, but I did. And this is it. Thai Ginger Key Continue reading…
Citrus Explosion Pound Cake for the Peoplehood of the Traveling Swirly Pan Project
It has been dreary and overcast for four days here. I am enjoying the cool weather while it lasts, because I am very aware of how stifling and uncomfortable it will be when the thermometer gets pinned to 100F for Continue reading…
Double Chocolate Stout Cake with Vanilla Porter Toffee for Beer Month
Friends, beer month is almost over, and I was starting to feel all stressed out about posting a Beerish Item before time got away from me. Then yesterday, I went to a Big Girl Meetup in North Raleigh at the Continue reading…
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Tagged #BeerMonthBloggers, baking with beer, beer cake with beer sauce, Beer Month, Croque Camille, Double Chocolate Stout, Hall Nesting, NY Foodgasm, Pastry Chef Online, Stout Cake, Stout Cake with toffee sauce, Vanilla Porter, Vanilla Porter Toffee, Vanilla Toffee
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Invitation to be a Part of the Peoplehood of the Traveling Swirly Pan!
Hello, all! I am starting a fun project that I hope you’ll be interested in joining. Since so many people love the Heritage Bundt Swirl pan by NordicWare, which I affectionately refer to as The Swirly Pan, and I cannot Continue reading…
An Homage to The Harvest House Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a Stewed Fuji Apple Tartine
I have always been very uncomfortable eating alone in public. I feel awkward and ungainly, like everyone is looking at me and wondering why I couldn’t find anyone else to eat with. I can feel my face start to burn, Continue reading…
This Is the Bread That I Made for Communion
This is the bread I made for communion. Related posts: It Has All Come Down To This: Fresh Bread Brewers’ Bread German Sweet Bread: Not For the Impatient Overcoming Cooking Intimidation, Part 2. Flexibility: Making Tasty Bread Pudding from Awful Continue reading…
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Tagged bread, bread recipes, communion bread, milk and honey bread, milk and honey communion bread
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I’m Giving Away a Swirly Pan Because I Love You
Friends, it’s true. I love you. I love knowing that there is a group of people Out There who read what I write, who try (and succeed with) some of my recipe suggestions, who are inspired to make new foods Continue reading…
