Gingerbread Cookies Recipe by www.tasteofhome.com Today a very nice reader asked me for recipe suggestions for cookies she could send to her son in Iraq. It’s a difficult journey for perishable items with an approximate two week shipping time and temperatures as high as 130 degrees. I wanted to help her so I did some research and found this recipe online. It was part of a heart-warming story about a mom’s quest to send cookies...
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Ingredients: 3 slices, thick sliced smoked bacon 4 tablespoons butter, plus 2 tablespoons, plus 1 tablespoon 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups half and half (or 1.5 cups of milk) 3/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper 1/2 teaspoon adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles (*optional) 1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder (*optional) 2 cups grated Parmigiano-Reggiano 1 pound elbow macaroni or cavatappi 3/4 teaspoon minced garlic 4 ounces...
Read MoreAssaggiare Mendocino’s Eggplant Salad Recipe and photo submitted by Julia Kendrick Conway www.assaggiare.com. Once again, a fellow foodie read my mind. I was saying how much I loved eggplant to a friend and suddenly… a reference to this eggplant salad pops up on Facebook! It looked so wonderful, I just had to get the recipe! The wine country of California offers a bounty of wonderful people who are passionate about food and...
Read MorePhoto and Recipe Reprinted with Permission by Chef David Lawrence www.chefdavidlawrence.com Check out his book on Amazon.com: Follow his blog at www.forkingdelicious.blogspot.com This recipe is from David’s good friend Susan Cox of Dana Point, California. Serves 6 FOR THE FILLING 6 cups peaches, peeled and sliced (about 2.5 lbs) ¼ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1...
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Zoe’s Red Velvet Birthday Cake Photo and Recipe Link Posted with Permission by: Once again, Zoe from www.zoebakes.com is a mind reader. A few months ago she did it with the Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe… and now it’s birthday cake. Just yesterday I was discussing cakes with a friend and it made me wonder where I could find unique birthday recipes. Suddenly…. there it was…. right on my Facebook...
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