Last week, I was trying to figure out what appetizers to make for a dinner party. when I went to Simply Recipes and saw the recipe for classic french palmiers, which turn out to be incredibly easy!  Needless to say, I was shocked — I’ve always thought of these delicate little cookies as fussy and [...]

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First of all, I have very exciting news — I am one of the judges for Click! this month.  February’s theme was “flour,” and the other judges and I have narrowed the entries down to the top 25, to be voted on by you for the reader’s choice award!  So go here and cast your vote!  [...]

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I love mussels.  Adore them.  Happily order them any time I find them on a menu.  And I’ve been thinking about posting a recipe for them on here for months.  Months!  So it’s very sad that I’m only just getting around to it.
Here is the reason for the holdup: at my grocery story, when mussels [...]

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One of my favorite dinners when I’m too tired to cook is baguette slices topped with goat cheese crumbles, followed by fresh fruit topped with goat cheese crumbles.  The fact is, lately I love goat cheese so much it has started to take over my refrigerator – it has become my “slip it into every dish” cheese [...]

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The best thing about this tart?  Oh, besides the fact that it’s delicious?  Besides the fact that it’s beautiful?  Besides the fact that a five-year-old could make it in about 45 minutes?  Besides all those?  Well, it’s made almost entirely from ingredients I found in the middle of winter at our local farmer’s market.
See, not [...]

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