Category: Celebrate
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Better Than Mashed Potatoes: Garlic-Thyme Hasselback Potatoes
Dear Mashed Potatoes, We’ve been together for a long time now. You’ve stayed with me through the good times as well as the bad — from Thanksgiving dinners to food fights — and you’ve comforted me in ways that only a big bowl of starchy carbs can. But, I’m older now — and more experienced.…
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A Tasty Reason to Eat with the Seasons: Pumpkin Pie Granola
Ok, I’ll admit it — I’m one of those people. You know, the people that go completely pumpkin-crazy from the beginning of fall until the first sign of gingerbread? I put pumpkin into everything from brioche dough to pasta sauce, reveling meal after meal in its’ sweet and savory goodness. I can’t help but wonder…
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How to Make Braided Easter Egg Bread
For the better part of my adult life I’ve whined and complained about not having much of a cultural heritage, especially when it comes to food and recipes. Everyone I know has some secret recipe passed down from their grandmother or some beloved collection of family dishes, their ingredients and instructions written on scraps of…
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Dark Chocolate Truffles
Aside from saving me tons of money (I am a bit of a “regular” at some of New York’s best — and most outrageously priced — chocolate shops), the thing that I love about these boutique-quality, dark chocolate confections is that they make a great base recipe for other types of truffles. If you want to make…
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