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2012 Food Blogger Bake Sale

April 25, 2012

Last May I was lucky enough to have participated in an amazing national event. Twenty six separate bake sales took place across the nation on the same day to raise money to support Share Our Strength. Share Our Strength is a national non-profit whose goal is to end childhood hunger. I don’t think I realized how [...]

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Affogato, Easy and Delicious

August 2, 2011

The last of my husband’s bachelor friends was visiting one day and asked if I had any suggestions for an easy to make dessert. Of course, I had to tease and ask…you mean to impress women? Before I had a chance to answer, our other friend started telling us about how affogato was really simple [...]

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Monday Musings…Salty Sweets

July 25, 2011

Wondering what salt has to do with desserts? An avid baker knows that all dessert dishes have a pinch of salt in them, but that’s not what this is about. Many years ago S and I went to check out Pichet Ong’s restaurant P*ONG in New York City. I chose this restaurant purely based on some [...]

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Monday Musings: Cake Scraps

January 24, 2011

Cake scraps are pieces of cake left over from trimming and carving a cake. Don’t ever toss them. Instead, recycle them into something delicious. I like to cut them up into cubes and freeze them in a Ziploc bag. Then I get to take whatever amount of cake I want, warm it a little in the microwave and toss [...]