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Category Archives: Holiday

Deconstructed Cannoli for Valentine’s Day

By Drew | Published: January 26, 2010
I’ve gone to a few Valentine’s dinner parties, where each couple brought a dish with a Valentine’s theme. After eating, we’d vote for best taste and best in theme. These deconstructed connoli won for best in theme the year I brought them. They’re dead simple to make — as long as you don’t try to make [...]
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How To Make Pancake Puffs — Halloween Treat

By Drew | Published: October 6, 2009
My wife had pancake puffs at a restaurant a couple of weeks ago, and wanted to try making them at home. We took our regular pancake recipe, tweaked it a little, and it came out great on the first try. Then we noticed something cool, and turned them into an awesome Halloween treat.
Also posted in Breakfast, Dessert | Tagged | 8 Comments

Who’s Got The Perfect Birthday Cake (and frosting) Recipe?

By Drew | Published: May 12, 2009
Photo: Jessica N. Diamond Today it’s your turn. I got a request that I can’t do myself … not fast enough or well enough, anyway. A reader needs a recipe for birthday cake and frosting, from scratch, and I don’t have a good one. Have you got a good one you can share?
Also posted in Dessert | 22 Comments

Valentine’s Day Meatloaf Hearts

By Drew | Published: February 13, 2009
This one’s not going to win any awards from food critics. But if you’ve got any kids, or a significant other who’s a kid at heart, you can’t miss with these for Valentine’s Day.
Also posted in Beef, Dinner | 14 Comments

Christmas ‘08 — Putting it All Together — Plus a request

By Drew | Published: January 6, 2009
The great thing about having holiday traditions is that people expect to have the same thing they ate last year. So no experiments, no stress … and no taking pictures of the whole process for me. Everything I made for Christmas was something I did on the blog during the year. And please check out the [...]
Also posted in Bread, Dessert, Pasta | 11 Comments

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