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Throwback Thursday: BestEver Bourbon Brownies

Throwback Thursday: BestEver Bourbon Brownies

    The things you find. I was going back 10 years for this week’s Throwback Thursday blog and I found this recipe. Which was never posted. It’s been sitting in my directory as a draft and for 10 years you haven’t had the pleasure of this...
French Apple Tart from Ina Garten for Cooking Parties

French Apple Tart from Ina Garten for Cooking Parties

It is apple season. Bushels of apples are in your supermarket and, even better, at your local farmers markets. Or, best of all: you can go pick your own. You know, get a ladder, steady it on uneven ground, trust that your spouse won’t let you fall. Suzi and I pick. We...
Mint Chutney [ Quick before the frost comes!]

Mint Chutney [ Quick before the frost comes!]

Have you ever done something really stupid? Not just silly. I mean stupid. And then done it again. And again. For twenty friggin’ times? And not even known it, until suddenly the light bulb comes on? Suzi and I built our Catskill house in the fall of 2001, right in...
Cookbook Review: Stuffed by Heather Mubarak

Cookbook Review: Stuffed by Heather Mubarak

Well, this is not just another cookie book. This is THE COOKIE BOOK. If you buy one cookie book a year, this is the one. The subtitle is “The Sandwich Cookie Book.” I know, people think sandwich cookies are a pain. You have to make cookies, let them cool, then make a...