Double Mocha Chip Cookies

I love coffee. I love chocolate. I love coffee and chocolate together. I remember the first time I had chocolate covered espresso beans.  I bought a big box of them from Trader Joe’s because I thought they’d be a good study snack.  I sat down at my desk and tossed a couple into my mouth.  [...]

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Snackies

Lately, I haven’t been interested in eating “real” meals.  I just want to eat snack food.  Not necessarily junk food, but snacks . . . Or what they’d serve you in a restaurant and call appetizers.  The awesome thing about snack foods is that they are really easy to make.  Also, when you make a [...]

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Let’s Talk about Pie

Pie and I have a history.  I’m bad at pie.  I can bake just about anything on the planet, but for some reason pie gives me trouble. First, it was the crust.  No matter what I did my crust would never turn out like the pie crusts I grew up with, flaky yet sturdy enough [...]

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A Pie Teaser

Today, I made pie.  It’s chilling in the refrigerator right now.  I have not taste tested it, nor have I taken photos of a well-presented slice of this creation.  However, I wanted to give you a little taste of what you can expect from me in the next few hours. Now . . . time [...]

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My Favorite Drunk Food

I have seen this dish done many times and in many ways.  Over the years, I’ve tried to make many variations of it, trying to perfect my recipe, using everything from a sesame oil based sauce to veggie broth.  And seemingly, I just couldn’t get it right.  The peanut flavor was always overshadowed by the [...]

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