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Now that we’re home from Disney World, I can officially say that late August is a decent time to go. It was very humid, but there were also scattered showers and periods where the sky was overcast and the temperature was pleasantly warm rather than hot. Those days were the best! Our hotel was called [...]
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Today is Julia Child’s birthday, so I’m taking the day off to celebrate the life of a lady who helped me realize the importance of doing what you are passionate about and not letting other people’s attitude get in the way. As for today’s cookie, here’s a brownie recipe adapted from one by Julia Child. [...]
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This is a copycat version of a bar cookie I saw at Starbucks. Having had a fun day hanging out with Fuzz, shopping for camp stuff and perusing the shelves at Barnes and Noble, we stopped into Starbucks for a smoothie. I didn’t intend on buying a pastry and was able to resist the urge, [...]
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Today’s brownie recipe is adapted from a contest winner from Southern Living magazine. A $1,000 “brand winner” in the desserts category, it features 1/4 cup of Millstone Coffee. Unless you brew your coffee really, really, strong, you’re not going to get much flavor from 1/4 cup brewed coffee, but in this case it doesn’t matter [...]
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I wanted to bake something interesting today, but what I actually wanted to eat was a brownie. Here’s yet another recipe for an easy brownie you can make when you just want a few brownies…and by a few, I mean about 8. The bake time is pretty long, but the brownies are kind of thick [...]
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Boudin Bakery is California based, but years ago they had a store in Chicago’s 900 North Michigan, a mall not too far from my apartment. If it was cold outside (and it usually was), I’d spend a few hours wandering around the mall window shopping. Occasionally I’d buy something at Bloomingdale’s, but for the most [...]
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I’m heading to San Francisco this Friday for a big food blogger conference. Months ago, I was excited. Now I’m sort of nervous, but still looking forward to it. At least when you get a bunch of food bloggers together, there’s something to talk about. So this week I’m baking things that are …
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