Artichoke-Parmesan Sourdough Dressing Yield: Serves 12 (makes 10 cups) Ingredients 1 pound crimini mushrooms, rinsed, ends trimmed, and sliced 3-4 tablespoons butter 1.5 onions, chopped 1 cup chopped celery 4 tablespoons minced garlic About 2 cups chicken broth or homemade stock 1 loaf (1 lb.) sourdough bread, cut into 1/2-in. cubes, lightly toast in oven 2 jars...
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Steamed Shellfish with Bacon-Brandy-Cream, Tomatoes & Basil Recipe and photos byThe Albion River InnMendocino Coast, California www.albionriverinn.com Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 oz. olive oil 4 strips bacon, diced 20 black mussels 20 clams 1 oz. brandy 1 Tbsp. garlic, minced 1 Tbsp. shallots, minced 1 medium tomato, small dice 3 oz. heavy cream 4 large fresh basil leaves, chiffonade (cut into long thin...
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Butternut Squash–Apple Cake with Ginger Streusel Recipe and photo reprinted with permission by Viviane Banquet Farre www.foodandstyle.wordpress.com This is really a remarkable recipe. . . exceptional ingredients and inventive concept. If you haven’t used turbinado sugar in place of regular brown sugar – please try it. Most “brown” sugar is really just a form of processed white sugar…...
Read MoreMy Video is Up! . . . Please Vote, Vote and Vote Again! www.youtube.com/quakertalk The wonderful recipe and collaborative blogging website www.goodbite.com has teamed up with Quaker Oats to create a fun and inventive new contest that will not only show you creative ways to spice up your oatmeal – but also donate a whopping $10,000 to a wonderful charity. Twelve of the nation’s top bloggers have been selected to share...
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Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing www.zoebakes.com Halloween is around the corner and I was looking for fun dessert recipes. I started and stopped my search with one click to my baking and blogging hero, Zoe Francois of www.zoebakes.com. Check out this beautiful and adorable marble cake with spiders! Well, I think it’s cute because I have a young son...
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