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“story of a kitchen”

Everyone has a story. I tell mine from my kitchen.

cranberry crisp recipe

the unadulterated cranberry: go away apple and pear! :::: I have thought long and hard about a cranberry crisp, squirreling away fresh cranberries into the depths of my freezer for months since autumn. Finally, my creation has some to...

coffee tapioca recipe

doppelgänger :::: You are going to accuse me of duplication. This coffee tapioca looks very reminiscent of the coffee gelée I made in the past. I was immediately attracted to the tapioca for one selfish reason: to clean out my cupboard....

flourless caramel oat cookies recipe

gluten-free fun and a little bit of alinea :::: A fairly unremarkable flight across the country, an unexpected spring snowstorm, the kids enjoying real snowplay, and then some slushiness. These all add up to our trek to Illinois for a week...

linzer cookies

linzer love :::: I’ve looked at this recipe for many months, loving the smooth, stained glass quality of the jam used. Seeing as my day off from work was not busy enough with laundry, socializing, an almost meeting about kindergarten...

butterscotch cashew bars

dreamy recipe :::: I am currently listening to some B-rated vampire movie in the background, tires screeching, bullets pinging off glass and metal, and lots of testosterone-filled yelling and bloodsucking. It’s not my cup of tea. I often...

sour cream hazelnut brownies

cooperation is the key :::: Now that I’ve gotten over much of my nausea, my craving for sweets has improved also. The marriage of chocolate and hazelnuts entered my mind late one night recently, so I started looking for a recipe for a...