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holiday party foods

Vanilla Marshmallows and Smores

January 18, 2010
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Sometime late last summer, I was sitting around a fire pit where folks were roasting marshmallows for smores. With a few glasses of wine in me, I boldly proclaimed, “you know, I can MAKE marshmallows!” Not that I had ever made marshmallows, but I had seen people on the internet do it, so I was [...]

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Inside-Out Black Forest Cake

January 8, 2010
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No dinner party–even one with a spectacular pork loin as the main–is complete without a really fantastic dessert. Yeah, I know I don’t need much of an excuse to reach into my *fancy* dessert file, but I wanted to do something really special for new years. Remember my favorite recipe source this holiday season, Martha’s [...]

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Cranberry and Apple Stuffed Pork Loin

January 4, 2010
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A few weeks ago, I had a predicament. Eileen and I–pretty much without consulting our husbands–had decided to do a new years dinner party. And we had invited 12 for a formal sit down. At first, we were thinking we would do something over the top fancy, like crab, lobster, or some other spectacular seafood. [...]

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Christmas Bread Pudding

December 29, 2009
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In my last post, I lamented a holiday on the road where folks beyond the first stop on a four day road trip would not receive the pleasure of an elaborate Ratskellar holiday dessert. But luckily for the folks at the first stop, there was a fancy dessert that traveled. And it traveled well. No, [...]

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Orange Cranberry and Almond Biscotti

December 26, 2009
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A Christmas on the road. That is the story for us this year. Four days, three states, and two extended families. Over bunches of rivers through lots of woods, and over one very large bay. Whenever I go to someone’s house, I always offer to bring something, and the request is usually for dessert. As [...]

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Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

December 21, 2009
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Have you ever bought a cookbook based on the appeal of just one recipe? Well, I certainly have. And mostly, they seem to be Martha Stewart Cookbooks. I bought Martha’s “Cupcakes” cookbook, after finding out there was a recipe for these snickerdoodle cupcakes. I LOVE snickerdoodles, but Noel’s not such a fan. But I was [...]

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Whole Wheat and Almond Raspberry Thumbprints

December 18, 2009
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I don’t know about you, but after that cheesecake, I’m ready for something a little bit healthier. But just a little bit, because we’re still in the midst of cookiepalooza! So, for your consideration–Raspberry Thumbprint cookies, one of my all time favorites. What makes these healthier? Well for starters, almond meal, which gives the cookies [...]

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Cappuccino Fudge Cheesecake

December 15, 2009
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We interrupt this regularly scheduled cookiepalooza post to bring you this breaking news–we had a Ratskellar birthday this past weekend! And you know what that means. Cake time! Birthdays call for cakes, even when you’re up to your eyeballs in cookies. Especially the birthdays of very important people, like my Dad, who just happened to [...]

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