Recipes for desserts.
I have had this block of leftover almond paste just sitting in the back of my refrigerator for weeks. Every time I would open the fridge, I would just stare at the container, knowing I needed to use it up but not being 100-percent sure how. But then there were beautiful, fresh blueberries sitting in …
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My folks recently invited all of us over for hot dogs and hamburgers on a Saturday afternoon. We hadn’t all been in the same room since the stay-at-home orders began, and with things opening up and gathering sizes expanded, it seemed like a good time for the seven of us to socialize just a bit. …
A couple years ago, my folks moved into a house that had a huge garden of rhubarb in the backyard. I have to admit, I wasn’t sure if that was an even trade for missing out on the mulberry trees I used to be able to exploit at my childhood home, but I’ve been meaning …
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Joey and I were watching TV once, early in our marriage, and an advertisement for a brownie pan that would let you have all edges brownies came on. I reacted to it by laughing. “Who would want only edge brownies,” I said. “The middle brownies are the best ones.” Joey looked at me like I …
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One of our family traditions is that when one of us has a birthday, it’s that person’s job to choose a dinner spot to celebrate. A few years ago, I chose a favorite Mexican restaurant my parents hadn’t been to yet, and I really wanted them to give it a try. Part of the bargain, …
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Several weeks ago, I got the opportunity to meet Tina Ostrander, owner of Main Street Co. & Kitchen Corner in Newton. We sat down over a cup of coffee to talk about working together, which we were both pretty excited about. And then the world shut down, and I was super nervous that the first …
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Several months ago, I wrote that my New Year’s resolution was to get my pantry cleaned out and organized over the course of the year. I must have somehow jinxed myself, because now that we’re staying at home and trying to avoid going to the store as much as possible, that resolution has become not …
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When I write about recipes every week, I normally tell you about my friends and family, who step in as guinea pigs to try all of my concoctions. And normally, I tell you how they really liked it or about the lack of leftovers after I present them with a plate of something new. But …
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I finally worked through the last of several bags of Heath toffee baking chips I had hanging out in my freezer. I can never resist a sale, and I hadn’t resisted one featuring those yummy bits several months ago. It was the first time I’d purchased them—especially since I’m generally too cheap to buy most …
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With Joey out of the house a few evenings ago, I decided it was time to clean another random ingredient out of the pantry and settled on a red velvet cake mix that I don’t even remember purchasing. With Valentine’s Day looming, I thought it was perfect. When I finally got through all my baking, …
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