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Jul

5

Chocolate Cherry Clafoutis

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Fresh sour cherries are not something you can usually find at your local grocery store. They are delicate, spoil easily, and do not suffer long truck rides well. Their season, a maddeningly brief interlude at midsummer, is, however, the occasion for many a farmers’ market zealot’s bright-eyed happy dance. In the DC metro area, each [...]

Oct

26

Banana Flax Bread

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When bananas get a little brown and soft, they may not be the most appetizing to eat out of hand, but they are very sweet and the banana flavor is very concentrated, so they work really well in banana bread. And if you have only a banana or two at a time that get that [...]

Aug

3

Peach Blueberry Oat Crunch

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Nothing says summer like peaches, and although many baked fruit desserts are wonderful, served warm they don’t help those of us who keep the thermostat on the high end stay cool. So I thought I’d come up with a little fruit crunch specifically designed to be eaten cool. With its quick stay in the oven, [...]

May

27

Strawberry Corn Muffins

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The farmers’ markets are really blooming and this past weekend, strawberries were the highlight of many of them. The market around the corner from my house was red red red with the gorgeous little berries, and fans were scooping them up by the peck. I brought some home myself, and along with eating them plain, [...]

May

11

Bourbon Street Pralines

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Pralines are a delectable piece of New Orleans culinary history, and there are about as many recipes for them as there are ways for a New Orleans native to smile. And smile you will, when you get a bite of one of these. I’ve tried to emphasize the pecans in this recipe, and to darken [...]

Jan

21

Island Bread Pudding

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Bread pudding is what happens when adults don’t have time to make French toast for breakfast. Breakfast for dessert! With booze! My favorite dark rum is Gosling’s Black Seal rum, from Bermuda, but any dark rum will work in this recipe. And what, you may ask, will you do with the remaining rum? Why, enjoy [...]

Jan

4

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake

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For a real chocolate fix, nothing does the trick like a big pile of gooey, cakey, chocolatey goodness like this. Make sure you have plenty of cold milk to go with this. Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Cake For the cake 1 cup butter, plus a tablespoon or so for the pan 1/2 cup cocoa 1/2 cup [...]

Dec

27

Orange Almond Biscotti

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Equally good with coffee or tea, these crispy confections are surprisingly easy to make. (Just make sure you wet your hands when forming the loaves.) And the recipe makes plenty, so you can have your biscotti and give it away too! Orange Almond Biscotti 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 [...]

Nov

18

Cranberry Sauce

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Maybe you’ve never really thought about it. Maybe you didn’t know how easy it is to make your own cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries. Maybe you really like the sthhhhlurrrrp! sound the canned kind makes when you decant it. I don’t know. What I do know is that if you haven’t tried this, you should. [...]

Aug

27

Breakfast Cookies

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Cookies for breakfast? These little treats aren’t exactly health food, but with the addition of flax seed, coconut, and buckwheat, they can be a good source of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber. A little crunchy, a little chewy, and as wholesome as a cookie gets. Breakfast Cookies 3 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup white flour 1/2 [...]

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