September 2006

SHF23: “The Surprise Inside”

September 21, 2006

Oh my gosh! My first time participating in Sugar High Friday! Woo-hoo! Having read dozens of other food blogger’s posts about their participation in this way-fun event, as a new food blogger, I couldn’t wait to be involved myself. And how fabulous is the theme that A Veggie Venture came up with for this go-round?! […]

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Dahlias

September 15, 2006

This week’s beautiful bouquet from the Union Square Greenmarket. [Yes, that’s my desk you see in the background…don’t tell anyone how messy it is, ok?]

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Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil Bruschetta 101

September 14, 2006

Ok, now I know most of you won’t need such detailed instructions on how to put together a little bruschetta…but I came up with this for Mimi. Mimi, who, when she asked me to write down the recipe, and I said, “No need! It’s so simple, I just throw it together, all you need is […]

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An Early Start to Fall

September 12, 2006

Since Labor Day Weekend proved cool and rainy in the Northeast, it felt more the “Kick-Off-to Fall” than the “Last-Summer-Weekend-Blowout”. Not one to let the unseasonable weather get me down, I used the weather as an excuse to get back to my youth. I was visiting my parents and younger sister, “The Suz”, in central […]

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It was the Hammer, not me!

September 6, 2006

I’ve been making Whoopie Pies practically since I was born. So imagine my surprise when they failed—twice in a row! I made a batch on Friday–a double batch in fact, since there is no such thing as “enough” Whoopie Pies…..and they came out flat. Tasted good, but not the cakey pillows they were supposed to […]

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