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Coconut Honey Rice Pudding

Although I haven’t lived at home for quite a few years, sometimes it’s hard to be the mom and not have my own mom around to cook for me, ask me about my day, and tuck me in at night. Steve Dublanica wrote, on his blog Waiter Rant, “I once read cooking is something you [...]

I’m going to let you in on a little secret—the best Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe is not the one that they put on every package of chocolate chips. The Toll House recipe gets its name from the Toll House Restaurant—a real toll house in Whitman, Massachusetts built in 1709 where a toll [...]

I’ve been battling a doozy of a cold. One of those colds where everything sounds muffled, you can’t smell or taste anything, you’re achy, and just generally miserable. One of those colds where you would swear you are sicker than you are, except for the fact that you aren’t even running a fever. My plan [...]

This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was almost the challenge that wasn’t. The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home [...]

I’m blaming this post on a number of people. My friend Rachel to start with. She invited a bunch of moms with little girls over to her house to take Valentine’s Day pictures of our girls (she’s a talented photographer). It was a blast, and her pictures of Bug and Squirrel are TO-DIE-FOR CUTE (proud [...]

Nutella Pocket Cookies

One of the fun things that comes from being a mom and a food blogger is having the two roles cross. As Squirrel gets older (she’ll be 3 in December, can you believe it?), her involvement in the kitchen increases. I’m surprised at how many things I can find for her little hands to help [...]

Fuji Nana’s Deadly Chocolate Almond Toffee (yeah, I know you love me)

Update 12/8/09: I’m excited to be a featured blogger on Oprah.com for Oprah.com’s Holiday 2009 blow-out ~ come see our favorite holiday recipes! Okay, so way back at the beginning of November I told you about Enstrom’s Chocolate Almond Toffee and made the bold assertion that my mom (Fuji Nana) makes the best chocolate almond [...]

Open Sesame! Black Sesame Shortbread

I love sesame seeds. The first time we lived in Japan I was introduced to black sesame seeds, and they quickly became a favorite. In Japan, sesame seeds are found in many salads and baked snacks. Sesame paste is also used in a variety of dishes. Many soft cream stands even offer black sesame as [...]

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