Food categories that are not local around here certainly include citrus. However, in honor of the University of Kansas’ remarkable trip to the Orange Bowl (playing tonight), I offer up some orange tips. My favorite: Peel and eat, or cut into wedges and eat. (The latter is good for making monkey faces for your friends.) [...]
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Culinary gifts whet my appetite
December 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · recipes
I am the lucky recipient of a couple of food-related gifts. First, from sister #1, a gift box of Penzeys flavor extracts and more: I had never heard of Penzeys Spices until I opened this package, with good-sized bottles of vanilla, lemon, orange and almond extracts, plus bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and whole nutmeg. I’ll [...]
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Ready for Christmas baking
December 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments · General, recipes
Went to the store today with two things on my mind: Buying necessities before the predicted snowstorm. Buying extravagances for Christmas baking. I went at about 2 p.m., one of the luxuries that self-employment allows, and was startled to find the store full of other people shopping. The nerve! Anyway, the trip was a success, [...]
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Apple dessert the easy way
December 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · recipes
Fortunately, the temperature here got up to 33 degrees today, which means the ice storm that’s been moving through the Midwest left just a light glaze (so far) in my town, compared with the terrible damage in Oklahoma. Nevertheless, I stayed in and baked an apple dessert rather than venture out much. As you can [...]
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Oh, nuts; holiday crush has begun
December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · General, recipes
A look at the newspapers this weekend—and attendance at my first holiday event—tells me I should be talking about holiday foods here. I’m not sure I’m entirely in the mood, but maybe some holiday-ish cooking will bring me around. To that end, I offer up for your consideration a tried-and-true, easy and delicious (albeit a [...]
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Make-ahead Thanksgiving dessert
November 15th, 2007 · No Comments · recipes
Thanks again for all the vegetable dish suggestions (see comments in previous post if you missed them). To thank you, I’m offering a make-ahead Thanksgiving dessert, if you don’t mind diverging just a little from tradition. It uses cranberries (why not for dessert?), and it isn’t a pie, but it still is festive and in [...]
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