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Best Christmas Gift for 2009: Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

2009-11-24T05:31:00.000-08:00

Bad news: if you haven't already purchased Chunk, Pip Squeak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums or Patches, then you're too late to get this year's hottest toy: an electronic hamster -- the Zhu Zhu artifical...

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Eat Christmas Cookies, Season 3, The Ongoing Round-Up

2009-11-24T05:00:00.000-08:00

The cookies are here! Want to submit yours? Find out how. Karen of Karen Cooks from Havre, Montana Karen shares a recipe for impossibly cheerful Orange Cranberry Slices and even tells you...

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San Diego's Food 4 Kids Program and a Give-Away

2009-11-23T07:53:00.000-08:00

My friends and fellow food bloggers, Caron of San Diego Food Stuff and Alice of Alice Q Foodie, are co-hosting a fundraiser for San Diego Food Bank's "Food 4 Kids" backpack program. ...

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Getting Carried Away with Savory Butternut Squash Muffins with Apples, Caramelized Onions, and Cheddar Cheese

2009-11-18T16:45:00.000-08:00

The other day at the market, a woman approached me and said, "Excuse me, but may I ask you a question?" "Sure." "What do you do with that?" she asked, and pointed to the huge pile of squash in...

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Eat Christmas Cookies, Season 3! A Food Blog(ga) Event

2009-11-17T11:09:00.001-08:00

The holiday season is officially here. This I know for sure, not because of the blustery weather -- it's in the high 70s -- but because stores are packed with singing Santas and silver tinsel, I...

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2009-11-16T21:00:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Laura of Laura's Best Recipes! She is the winner of the Quaker Oats "Awaken Your Senses" Challenge and will receive $10,000 for her charity, Food For The Poor.

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A Chocolate Stout Pudding Recipe for Adults Only

2009-11-12T18:56:00.000-08:00

Chocolate pudding. Is there a more quintessential kids' dessert? There's something about the cold, creamy texture and sweet, rich chocolate that invariably makes kids happy. Why should something...

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The Two Winners of Modern Spice Are....

2009-11-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Ruthy and Maria! You are the winners of last week's give-away. Just email me your full names and addresses, and I'll mail you each a copy of Monica Bhide's Modern Spice.

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Cooking With Beer: A Rockin' Recipe for Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple Smoked Bacon and Beer

2009-11-10T19:23:00.000-08:00

The Food Blogga Getting Guys To Eat Vegetables Algorithm: 1. Don't tell them they're vegetables. 2. If #1 fails, then bread it and fry it. 3. If #2 fails, then add bacon. 4. If #3 fails, then add...

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Celebrating San Diego Beer Week by Cooking with Beer!

2009-11-09T08:40:00.000-08:00

It's a great week to be in San Diego. Yesterday the Chargers beat the Giants in dramatic fashion; today is going to be sunny and 72; and all week long we're celebrating our first-ever San Diego Beer...

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Quaker's "Awaken Your Senses" Challenge Semi-Finalists

2009-11-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Catherine Mc Cord of weelicious.com, Jen Yu of userealbutter.com, and Laura of laurasbestrecipes.com! They are semi-finalists in Quaker's "Awaken Your Senses...

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Drop In and Decorate: Bake, Decorate, and Donate Cookies

2009-11-06T10:06:00.000-08:00

With the holidays approaching, many of us will be knee deep in flour, sugar, icing, and sprinkles making scores of holiday cookies. Of course, many of us make scores of cookies year-round because...

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Modern Spice Cookbook Review and a Cookbook Give-Away

2009-11-03T17:54:00.000-08:00

If you love Indian food but are intimated by authentic recipes with 20+ ingredients -- most you've never heard of -- then Monica Bhide's new cookbook Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the...

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Don't Like Oatmeal Cookies? Then Try My Oatmeal Everything Cookies Recipe.

2009-11-01T14:45:00.000-08:00

I love cooking for Jeff. He's open to trying new food. He's not fussy. And he likes virtually everything. That is, except Shepherd's pie (can't say I blame him); broccoli (unless it's made with...

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A DeliciousTurkey Burger Recipe with Apples, Gruyere, and Sage Mayo That Changed My Life

2009-10-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

Do you regularly cook foods for people in your family that you yourself don't eat? I do. Turkey burgers. I just don't get it. Jeff was raised on good old fashioned beef patties. Yet, given the...

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For a Sexy Autumn Breakfast, Try This Recipe for Ricotta Hotcakes with Warm Spiced Apples and Maple Syrup

2009-10-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

This Halloween weekend is going to be all about the kids. Candy, jack 'o lanterns, trick or treating, and arguments about whether they'll wear their winter coats over or under their costumes. That...

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The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2009 and a Recipe for Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans

2009-10-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

I love living in Southern California, except in the autumn. The weather's hot, there's no foliage, and the pumpkin population is pathetically small. That's why Jeff and I go home to New England every...

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Please Vote for My Quaker Oatmeal Topping and Help Me Win $10,000 for My Charity, Action Against Hunger

2009-10-23T07:23:00.000-07:00

I've got exciting news to share! Quaker Instant Oatmeal has partnered with Good Bite to sponsor the "Awaken Your Senses" challenge. It's a challenge that asks twelve of the nation's top food bloggers...

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A Recipe for Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread. What's Your Favorite Cornbread Recipe?

2009-10-20T19:37:00.000-07:00

I love Austin, Texas. The people are warm, the food is amazing, and the weather -- well, let's not talk about the weather. Let's stick with the people and the food. One morning while Jeff and I...

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Baking With Granny Smith Apples: A Recipe for Old-Fashioned Spiced Apple Streusel Muffins

2009-10-15T07:25:00.000-07:00

I'm back home in New England this week; I'm wearing my fleece, enjoying brilliant foliage, and subsisting on a diet of apples and goods baked with apples. Although you can't compare the year-round...

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Rigatoni with Walnut, Parsley, and Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto. And, Yes, It Is a Pesto.

2009-10-08T17:58:00.000-07:00

There once was a time when basil reigned supreme. A time when basil was ubiquitous in Italian dishes. A time when pesto always meant basil. Not anymore. Pesto is a Ligurian sauce made from...

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Who Doesn't Love Betty Crocker's Cooky Book Recipe for Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies?

2009-10-06T19:13:00.000-07:00

Some flavor combinations never go out of style, like chocolate and peanut butter, cranberries and orange, and lemon and poppy seed. I grew up eating (and loving) my mom's lemon poppy seed muffins --...

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Remembering Nan and Her Recipe for Italian Chicken and Escarole Soup

2009-10-04T19:26:00.000-07:00

Fall has arrived in San Diego. This morning on our hike Jeff and I could see our breath in the blustery morning air. We loved it. There's nothing like a chill October morning with a crisp blue sky...

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Not One, But Two Fresh Fig Cake Recipes

2009-10-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Brown turkey figs grown in San Diego County. This past weekend at the BlogHer Conference, I was on a panel entitled, "The Meaning of Identity and The Value of Voice in a Crowded Foodblogging...

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Sexy California Figs: A Recipe for Fresh Fig, Ricotta, and Honey Breakfast Crostini

2009-09-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

A ripe Calimyrna fig grown in San Diego County. You might think that these figs are the product of a Photoshop trick I learned at the BlogHer Conference this weekend. Nope. These photos, however...

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