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German Pfeffernüsse (“Pepper Nuts”) Cookies

German Pfeffernüsse (“Pepper Nuts”) Cookies Makes about 10 dozen cookies 1/2 cup molasses 1/4 cup honey 1/2 cup unsalted butter 4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 […]

Lately I’ve been enticed by the beautiful beets at our farmer’s market. I got an especially beautiful bunch of beets during my last trip to buy produce at the market. The beets sat in my kitchen for several days calling to me to use them. I finally decided on turning them into a warm beet salad. I […]

Cardamom Honey Grapefruit Galettes

Halves of juicy ruby red grapefruit, drizzled with honey and vanilla, sprinkled with ground cardamom, and then broiled until the juices of the grapefruit are bubbling and the edges of the rind start to blacken in places. Sound different? It did to me in October of last year when I stumbled across the recipe in […]

Kheer Frozen Yogurt Pops

I recently received some coupons from Stoneyfield Farm to try their line of organic Greek yogurt called Oikos. I love Greek yogurt, and so decided to do a little taste testing so that I could get an accurate picture of where Oikos stood compared to some of the other Greek yogurts I have eaten in […]

Red Snapper Tin Foil Dinner

I love a good tin foil dinner (TFD)–meat and veggies wrapped in tin foil and cooked over the hot coals of a campfire. I have some fun memories of making simple meals this way at a girls camp during the summers of my teenage years. There’s something about food cooked over a campfire and eaten […]

Baked Stuffed Kabocha

Marx Foods recently called for entries in their Blogger Recipe Challenge: Game Sausage Edition. I entered an idea for a recipe that would use one of the game sausages from their game sausage sampler, and my idea was picked to be in the challenge! (All of the recipes chosen for the challenge will be spotlighted […]

Takin’ a crack at Lavash + Mango Salsa

Just mix up some ingredients into a dough, knead the dough for 10 minutes or so, let it rise until doubled, roll out very thin, sprinkle on some toppings, cut, and then throw in the oven. Fast and easy! Does that sound like a Daring Bakers challenge to you? Well if it doesn’t, I’m not […]

Story of a Day in Two Parts–Part I: Bad Day

I was already slightly depressed when I woke up yesterday because Hubby was out of town on Business. Then I looked out the window and it was snowing. It hardly ever snows here in Tokyo. However, snow it did, all day long. This is the first time it has snowed while we have been living […]

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