Aromatic Peach Smoothie

Well, the time has come. I can no longer deny that peach season is coming to an end. I’m sad about it, but all is not lost – you can make smoothies with those mealy peaches that you can’t bring yourself to snack on because it’s too depressing. Aromatic Peach Smoothie 4 mealy peaches, peeled [...]

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Good Old Apple Pie

I’ve been working on perfecting this apple pie since I was maybe 10 or 11 years old when I started baking pies. I like a LOT of fruit and very little added sweetness. I’m not a big fan of pastry crusts, so I usually make some sort of crumble crust, and the ingredients vary depending [...]

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Apricot Pineapple Crisp

While apricot picking last weekend, my cousin reminded me that my grandmother used to make apricot-pineapple jam. Inspired by this, I decided to make an apricot-pineapple crisp for yesterday’s ostrich eggstravaganza, and it was delightful! I had seen this recipe in Bon Appetit, and kind of used it as a guide. Here’s what I did: [...]

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Quarter-Pounders

These hearty cookies seem to have magical powers. They kept my starving brother alive when he arrived in Spain with no cash and a broken ATM card. They were the only thing my cousin (the one who dubbed them “quarter pounders”) could keep down the day after his 21st birthday. They are magical and delicious, [...]

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Quick “OMG, I only have an hour before people show up for coffee and I need something to feed them!” Scones

I was in a hurry and remembered reading this yummy looking recipe from Edible East Bay, but didn’t quite have what I needed to make them, or the time to make them. So I improvised: 2 cups white flour 2 Tbsp brown sugar 2.5 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp salt 1 [...]

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Cocoa Nib, Chocolate, and Citrus Dacquoise

This weekend, I made two ganache-covered desserts because I am now obsessed with ganache. Why? Because it’s delicious, especially when you have extra and you dip fresh strawberries in it. The following recipe is what I made for my cooking group yesterday. Text was yanked from Epicurious, and the recipe is originally from Bon Appetit [...]

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Ginger Spice Cookies (aka “Jingers”)

After much research and several experiments, I believe I’ve perfected the ginger cookie – well, for my purposes, at least. My brother noted that they are really “zingy” with all those incarnations of ginger and other spices, so he decided they should be called “Jingers” (you know, like ginger, but zingier). What inspired me, a [...]

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