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Tuesday with Dorie: Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake

April 29, 2008

Business first… Today’s the Last Day! April 29th – it was this day, seven years ago, at 9:23 AM, that I called my sister from the parking lot of my doctor’s office. I had just been told that the golf ball sized lump sticking out of my neck looking like an enormous Adam’s apple was […]

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Fight – with Mozzarella, Tomato, & Dill Pesto Panini

April 28, 2008

Panino/Panini One pan I kept from my sister’s Sur La Table gift was the Panini pan. I already have a mismatched grill pan and a press top, but its large and in a hard-to-get-to place in the cabinet. This one is smaller and quite frankly, pretty kick ass. As I prepared to sit and work […]

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Daring Bakers Challenge – Cheesecake Pops

April 27, 2008

ghiacciolo/pop Daring Bakers Challenge – Cheesecake Pops A big thanks to Elle (Feeding My Enthusiasms) & Deborah (Taste and Tell) for this month’s Daring Baker challenge, a recipe from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O’Connor. I thought, when looking at the picture, reading the recipe and our instructions, that these lil’ Cheesecake Pops were […]

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Banana Bread

April 26, 2008

Mi piace mangiare banane!/I like to eat bananas! While reading through the various blog events going on, I turned my head and couldn’t help but catch a glimpse of the bananas on my counter. Arriving home in their brilliant yellow hue, the lovely bananas seemed to go from beauty queen to ugly duckling in no […]

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Fighting can be Easy…with Avocado Papaya Toasts

April 25, 2008

facile scappatoia/easy way out Yup! you read me correctly. Fighting can be easy. Fighting cancer, that is, with food! There are tons of recipes that have multiple steps, organic foods, etc – all fabulous and available at our fingertips. But sometimes, there just isn’t time for all that. When time runs short, its important not […]

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Minus-the-Kitchen-Sink Casserole

April 24, 2008

quasi tutto/everything but the kitchen sink Minus-the-Kitchen-Sink Casserole. You’re thinking, huh? Allow me to explain – I arrived home after work with grandiose ideas about what I would do with my evening. After changing into my comfies with intentions for walking the neighborhood and our own Heartbreak Hill (feel the burn…), I mixed a dinner […]

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Quinoa Cakes with Snow Peas and Tilapia

April 23, 2008

6 more days! 6 more days! 6 more days! Looking for Cooking to Combat Cancer 2 – An Event entries! Click here, here, or here for different lists of superfoods that may jump start your cooking thoughts).Email your info to ccc2event(AT)gmail(DOT)com. The deadline is next Tuesday, 4/29/08. Let’s fight together! pepita d’oro/golden nugget Quinoa (pronounces […]

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Tuesdays with Dorie: Bill’s Big Carrot Cake

April 22, 2008

persona dai capelli rossi?/Carrot top? Today mark’s my first outing with the Tuesday with Dorie Bakers. You see, after breaking my self-imposed cookbook ban …again… by purchasing Baking: From My Home to Yours a little over a month ago, I became Baker #150 last week. Woohoo! I am thrilled to be a part of another […]

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Pistachio Cashew & Spinach Roast

April 21, 2008

pane/loaf I have bought Tofu a couple of times, telling myself I am going to try it, but don’t. I bookmark recipes, get the tofu, the expiration date passes, and it gets tossed. I am one of those people that can’t bring themselves to get past its texture. Call it post tramatic stress from a […]

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Apple Clafoutis

April 20, 2008

gradito/satisfying There are several events I always have the intention of participating for, but then something happens to get in the way. Hay Hay it’s Donna Day is one of those events. This month, with Bron as the host this round – The Clafoutis Edition. While I am not “entering” because this isn’t an original […]