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Pear Spice Cake with Toasted Walnuts

November 4, 2010
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Ready, set, go! We have launched into Thanksgiving mode. Good bye Halloween, hello Turkey and trimmings. Over here we have all the Fall spices lined up and ready for action. Today I bring you pear cake. OMG. I came up with this cake to pay tribute to all of the beautiful pears I have been [...]

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Mini Polenta Cakes with Feta & Wild Mushrooms

December 5, 2009
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I love that polenta is a versatile ingredient that can be used in both sweet and savory dishes for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In this bite sized appetizer, I cooked it until firm and then cut out the shapes with flower cookie cutters. This is a great way to use my favorite dried mushrooms too. [...]

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Coconut Cornbread Muffins with Candied Ginger

November 24, 2009

I have a new crush.  A crush on coconut. I hope you like it too as I will be adding it to a lot of my upcoming recipes.  I have started using it every which way.  I like my coconut flaked, I like the milk, the extract and the oil.  It’s all good.  Last year [...]

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