Beet Marmalade: The Easiest Homemade Condiment
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Want to impress your friends? This homemade beet marmalade should do the job. It's incredibly easy to make, and a great flavor combination.
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Marion Cunningham's Great Gluten-Free Coffee Cake
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I made a variation of Marion Cunningham's great coffee cake this morning. I used gluten-free flour and lactose-free sour cream. Maybe that makes the cake sound less tasty, but believe me, if turned out very well, and tasted almost like the real deal.
Read MoreChristmas and Holiday Gift Idea: Vanilla Sugar
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Vanilla sugar always reminds me of Christmas.
My mother, Gran Fran, uses confectioner's sugar with vanilla in it to coat her Viennese Crescent cookies (post coming soon!). I always keep a jar mixed in my refrigerator for a last minute baking project. My sister Noel (she of baking fame from this post) suggested making a confectioner's and a standard white sugar (or raw sugar) mixed with vanilla to give as gifts.
Read MoreChristmas and Holiday Gift: Lentils for Good Fortune
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Lentils are a new favorite around here.
I figured out that if you cook them with a nice ham hock, they taste great. My friends gave me a gift last year that included a lentil recipe and the dry ingredients with which to make it. I've included a vegan version, too.
Read MoreChristmas and Holiday Gift Idea: Sugar Cookies and Tea
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Sugar cookies and tea...there couldn't be a lovelier combination.
Christmas is a time for cozy and warm moments. Why not give your friends a bake-at-home roll of sugar cookie dough and some loose leaf tea as a gift this year?
Read MoreChristmas and Holiday Gift Idea: Homemade Mulling Spices
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Homemade mulling spices make a wonderful gift with either a bottle of wine or a jug of apple cider.
Read MoreLet the Christmas Cookies Begin: Lemon-Iced Cookies
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It's raining hard here, which means it's really almost Christmas in San Francisco. Isabella and I did some Christmas window shopping this weekend.
Read MoreTrout Fried with Oatmeal: The Breakfast Book
/Here we are again, it's Cook the Book time. This chapter of Marian Cunningham's The Breakfast Book is all about breakfast meat. Somehow, I found a fish dish.
Read MoreThanksgiving: All the Recipes You Need
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Thanksgiving is here. It's time to make all the wonderful dishes you and your family and friends love. Here's a guide to many of my favorite recipes.
Read MoreBacon Wrapped Turkey and How I learned to Cook It
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Thanksgiving, 1992, San Francisco, CA, my first away from home as a newly minted full-grown adult. I figured I would make the turkey, since of my 3 roommates, 2 were veggie, and one had no interest in taking on the bird.
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