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chocolate malted malteser drops
a new family has moved in right next door, and wonder of wonders, joy of joys, they have an 8-year-old boy! whenever new neighbors arrive, especially this one with a kid the same age as mine, a boy!–it...
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after the first day of school 2008
officially these are “chipster-topped brownies,” once again from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking From My Home to Yours. i call them “jack-en-poy“* brownies. you know the scene. kid1: brownies. kid2: no....
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miniature raspberry almond tarts
it seems like a lot of work, but you can do things in steps, or, like i did something, like in this order: wrap presents, grind almonds; address envelopes, make dough; pick up kids, make filling;...
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chicken and basil fried rice
our bodies are almost cold and numb now from the unforgiving winter (we all forgot how cold it normally is in Boston and vicinity). we do get a little reprieve and they’re calling it a non-snow...
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a blondie i’ll never be
i’ve just survived another harrowing visit to the hairdresser for a much needed haircut. i truly dread going, because they almost invariably end up sighing heavily at the sight of my thinning hair. but...
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85th birthday cake
no, not mine! Julia Child’s, that is. i now declare myself officially “forever 25″ years old. :grandma: she would have been 97 years old this year, and her birthday is on August 15, but one bite of...
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“99″, and the things i did this past summer vacation…
[this was meant for yesterday..it's just too ironic that the day that i finally decide to blog again, the website suddenly went kaput. ay buhay. c'est la vie. such is life.] hello? HELLLOOOO? anybody...
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epilogue: raspberry chicken
pertaining to the preceding recipe for fresh pickin’ raspberry chicken, by Coolio, the ghetto gourmet: we’ll rate it a “must try,” based on the quantity consumed(all) and the speed by it was consumed...
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for all the Santa facilitators
the day after, i feel like i am the ultimate kulelat of the Boston Marathon, all beat up and crawling to the finish line. and i feel like giving all the Santa “facilitators”,a great big hug! you know...
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“tagine” of duck legs with clementines
from Vietnam, to Morocco, in my dreams. something about duck and citrus…that blends so well together. i’m not sure if it’s allowed to call something a tagine if it’s not cooked in one: the dish is...
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