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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Drizzle

Last month Mom and I catered an event for my work. It wasn’t a big job, just cookies for tea time, appetizers for a cocktail hour, and then a continental breakfast the following morning. As part of the breakfast spread we made three different types of quick breads: pumpkin and cranberry (both well-tested winners from […]

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Baked Cranberry Oatmeal

Last summer I hosted a big intergenerational brunch for family. Tired of strata (and with a niece trying to avoid gluten and dairy), I decided to try something different. What came of that challenge was Baked Blueberry Oatmeal with Streusel Topping. I knew it was a success when we all kept spooning a little more […]

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Short Rib Toasts

When I met my friend Wendy’s new boyfriend, Mike, for the first time in August he said, “Mark your calendar. You have to come to my sixth annual Tursgiving on November 8!” To what?” I said. Instead of Thanksgiving or a Friendsgiving, he called this event Tursgiving after his last name, Tursi. “Basically I get […]

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Cranberry, Rosemary & Gin Sorbet

Ever since I inherited my grandparents’ aging, workhorse gelato machine two years ago, I’ve become slightly obsessed with making ice cream. I’ve tried all different kinds of ice cream bases (for the record, custard is my favorite), and I’ve tested dozens of flavor combinations: Thai Peanut, Mexican Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Saffron-Infused Coconut, Blue Cheese with Spicy Candied Pecans, Bourbon […]

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Cranberry-Rosemary Bread

I can’t remember which came first. Whether I decided to make a savory yeasted cranberry bread and then saw loaves of them at Costco. Or if I saw loaves of cranberry bread at Costco and decided to make my own. In any case, here is my take on cranberry bread. The combination of dried cranberries […]

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When All Else Fails, Cook!

It surprised me when Andy said he was going to run the New York City Marathon. He lives for snowboarding. That sport is his raison d’etre. But Andy’s naturally fit with an athletic build, so aside from some pre-season “get-in-shape” exercise, he’s never committed to another sport. Basketball with friends, yes. Climbing on a Saturday afternoon, why […]

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Mini Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins

Four years ago at our first ever Potluck, Jen Tilley from the blog How To: Simplify brought Doughnut Muffins as her contribution to the feast. Every time we have a Potluck there’s a recipe that everyone “has to have!” and in 2010, that was the recipe that everyone collectively gushed about. They were that good. […]

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Brussels Sprouts Salad with Cranberries and Pine Nuts

I’m old enough to remember when iceberg was the only lettuce in the produce case, but it didn’t take long for other salad greens to take root. A young bride, I made first course salads for special diners with avant garde ingredients like Belgium and curly endive and watercress. Butter lettuces were starting to make […]

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Bourbon Pumpkin Ice Cream

Some people love Halloween. I am not one of those people. Generally, I see Halloween as the fall holiday I have to get through before we can get to the good stuff. I hate scary movies and haunted houses, and I don’t understand why anyone would ruin a perfectly good hayride by chasing the wagon […]

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Cabbage and Egg Noodles with Pork

Last weekend Mom and I stopped into a few different farmer’s markets to buy produce for the events we each hosted last week. We stopped at Becholdt’s Orachards to pick up apples and potatoes when I noticed the most gigantic head of cabbage for just $3. I said to Mom, “We have to get it.” As […]

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