Something has happened. There used to be no stopping me from gravitating straight toward the chocolate. In Baskin Robbins, I had no control over my constant need for chocolate raspberry truffle, and therefore tasted almost no other flavors for about six years. My mom could hide all the candy in the house and I wouldn't […]

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Several times a week, I get home from work, open the fridge, and sigh. What the hell am I going to make for dinner? There's half a red onion, a package of mushrooms, two slices of bread, leftover kale, one red pepper….yea, I'm not getting very far.
Last week, I had a blip of […]

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Sunday night was another installment of "Ladies Who Cook….Sometimes." This month, the theme was "dishes with color." My attempt was quite the adventure — but I'll get to that in a moment.
It was all sorts of wet and ugly outside, and our first course of squash and pear soup was a perfect foil to the […]

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When a blogger-hero of mine, Danielle from Habeas Brulee, posted a while back about pumpkin seed cocoa nib brittle, I knew I'd be making it sooner or later. For starters, the recipe is uber-simple. Just combine sugar and water with a bit of cream of tartar, heat 'em up, let them turn golden, add the […]

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