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Double the Birthdays: Double the fun, part two

Double the Birthdays: Double the fun, part two

I know this may be hard to believe, but unlike his 3 year old sister, Jordan does not talk about butterflies every day, and at 6′ 3″ he is most definitely not tiny.
As a recent culinary school graduate he can put my cooking to shame, but he still leaves the baking mostly to me.
So I [...]

Double the birthdays: double the fun

Double the birthdays: double the fun

Sharing a birthday with a sibling when you aren’t twins is a funny thing. Jordan turning 20, and Elena turning 3, on the same day, makes for a party with mini caterpillar cupcakes for the birthday girl, and mini custom recipe cheesecakes (see part two of this post) for the birthday boy.
This is Elena’s [...]

Lemon Glazed Pecan Shortbread-Yes, It’s a lot of butter!

Lemon Glazed Pecan Shortbread-Yes, It’s a lot of butter!

Ok, I know…I keep posting about adding calories to food for the Wee Kahunas and then following up with a post about yoga or something to help me make up for the fact that I have no willpower. But, seriously, I really like to bake and I really really like to eat what I bake. [...]

The Tao of Risotto

The Tao of Risotto

Everyone needs an outlet for the kinds of stress that family and small business and home-running brings.  For me it’s a small garden that, here in Chicago, I get a few months of great pleasure and relaxation from, and cooking.
Cooking works on so many levels.  It feeds (sorry for the pun) my need to keep [...]

Pantry Check

We're collecting recipes for jar and canning and freezing of fresh produce to help us make it through the next winter. Got a favorite? Send it over and we'll post it along with the ones we try...

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