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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Take Cooking Back from the "Experts"

People have been making and eating food as long as there have been people. And food. But somehow we’ve let ourselves believe that it’s something only experts can do “right”. What is that all about? Now that the book is done, we can set about fixing that.

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How To Make Maple Apple Bundt Cake

Summer is a time for light, frothy, insubstantial cakes like angel food. But come fall, I want something rich and substantial. Something to eat curled up on the couch under a blanket, watching horror movies on DVD. Something like this apple bundt cake with maple icing.

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How To Make Maple Glaze

This one is really quick and easy, and works on so many fall favorites: sweet breads like banana or zucchini, pies, cakes, donuts. Pretty much anything that you would normally put a frosting or glaze on.

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Two More Halloween Treats

I didn’t really plan on doing a whole series of Halloween treats for the kids, it just sort of worked out this way. I think these two may be the last of them for this year, but with a week to go I don’t want to bet on it. Eyeballs on a Fork First up [...]

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How To Vacation Like Your Grandmother

We just had two days of Indian Summer, and now it’s cold, rainy and windy again. So when I noticed I never posted the pictures from Kelleys Island … well, what better way to start the weekend? That shot up top is actually from Bergman Orchards in Port Clinton, before hopping on the ferry to [...]

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