Bake or Break

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For my recent birthday, I received five (yes, five) new cookbooks. One of these five, from Quinn, was The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book. Of course, I’m sure this was a completely unselfish gift. Surely he’s not trying to encourage me to make more cookies. Anyway, I [...]

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Today is Jennifer’s birthday! While she’s had to work all weekend, I’ve been doing my husbandly best to make it a fun birthday celebration. First, dinner and homemade dessert with my parents Friday night. Then there were presents last night — many presents. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say [...]

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I was recently inspired by Mary’s recipe at one of my favorite blogs, alpineberry, to search my local stores for Nutella. For those of you unfamiliar, Nutella is a chocolate-hazelnut spread. I didn’t expect to find it, but there it was - way up on a top [...]

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I think that most of us have those recipes that we rely on for those times when we need something quick and easy. For me, this is one of those recipes. I’ve made it countless times and it always gets rave reviews.
It’s almost embarassingly simple. Butter, [...]

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A slight deviation from my norm, these bars don’t require baking. Reading through the recipe, I thought these sounded like a sure Quinn-pleaser. Chocolate, peanut butter, nuts, marshmallows, Rice Krispies… actually it sounded pretty good to me, too.
My version of these bars have pecans, since I [...]

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Our most recent discovery is Praline Liqueur, a pecan flavored liqueur. Quinn went in search of it to use in making my birthday cheesecake next weekend. In the meantime, we’ve discovered the wonders it does poured over vanilla ice cream or mixed with milk. Yum. [...]

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On Thursdays, I have to work from 11am to 9pm. Not the best scenario. In an effort to make Thursdays a little better, Quinn (who works from home) and I usually eat waffles before I leave for work. A bit of a confession - we usualy [...]

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Just as Alton says he’s suspicious of anything that comes in a kit, I am likewise suspicious of baking mixes. Sure, I’ll use a cake mix as the basis of a cake or some other creation. But, on their own… well, I just don’t feel [...]

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A few weeks ago, I was on a frantic mission to buy a new tube pan for a recipe I wanted to make. I mean, I had to have this pan. So, I found the one I wanted, bought it, and brought it home. The trouble [...]

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Quinn and I are back home after travelling to Nashville for their guest chef lecture series featuring Alton Brown. We only found out about this last week, so all the VIP tickets were sold. Those tickets included a “meet and greet” function with AB. We had half-jokingly contemplated trying to take down [...]

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