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Recipes

Best Birthday Cakes Ever

August 7, 2009

David Lebovitz, Deb Perelman and I shot this GoodBite.com video about Birthday Cakes to Die For last month, and I think I’m going change the title to Birthday Cakes to Live For because that’s the point of a birthday, isn’t it?!
And it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow, and if I could have [...]

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Chanterelle, Bacon and Plum Salad with Blue Cheese

August 3, 2009

It’s week 2 of the Summer Fest! Last week we played around with herbs and this week it’s time for fruit from trees. If you haven’t yet heard about Summer Fest, it’s a four-week celebration of fresh-from-the-garden food: recipes, growing tips, even tricks for storing and preserving summer’s best with my co-hosts White on [...]

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Coccante Signore: The Crispy Mister

July 29, 2009

What’s my position on meat? I love it. I crave meat and I probably eat too much of it.
that, and chocolate.
and coffee
oh yes, wine too.
To be healthier, I could give up some of the above.
But I can’t.
You’d have to pry that grilled steak from my hungry, greedy hands. There are too many reasons to keep [...]

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Peanut Pesto and Peas Pasta Salad

July 28, 2009

In the Tampa, Florida, Summer began sometime like in March. No kidding. The season RIGHT NOW is called too “*!%!$@*$ HOT.” The moment you step outside into 99.9% humidity coupled with 98F temps, you wonder why you even bothered to dry yourself after a shower.
But never mind, because while Summer Fest is almost unbearable in [...]

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Potato Dominoes

July 26, 2009

Andrew just celebrated his sixth birthday last week, and like many little boys, he’s obsessed with Star Wars. We’re currently at the height of the Lego craze and for Andrew’s birthday all he wanted was go to the Lego store inside Downtown Disney, you know, the free part of Disney where everything is double the [...]

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