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Stollen Expectations—German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan

This week for One Good Loaf I cheated.I made stollen instead of bread. I know, I know, it’s more of a cake not bread, but my doctor has restricted my activities and so I have to carefully pick and choose what I’m going to do during the week, and this week there was just no […]

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Losing self-control in the face of yogurt biscuits

This week I had my plans all laid out for One Good Loaf.Those plans completely changed however when I read the Culinate newsletter that gets delivered to my inbox. One of the featured recipes caught my eye, a recipe for Yogurt Biscuits. This was the point where “placenta brain” took over and I was no […]

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One Good Loaf—One Loaf Bread Recipe

About a week ago I read this post on Molly Irwin (if you’ve never visited her blog before, you should because it’s wonderful and delightfully refreshing) about her new project that she has named One Good Loaf. One Good Loaf came out of her determination to start baking a loaf of homemade bread on a […]

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The Great Pizza Toss: Peter Reinhardt’s Basic Pizza Crust

I just failed Pizza Tossing 101. I think it highly likely that I’ll will be sent to Remedial Pizza Tossing and be forced to read “Pizza Tossing For Dummies.” That being said, I have found my new go-to pizza crust recipe. SO easy and SO yummy, makes six 9-12 inch crusts, and you can freeze […]

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Famous Pumpkin Scones–just what the doctor ordered.

For my last pumpkin recipe of Pumpkin Palooza, I had a totally different recipe in mind. Then at the beginning of the week I received a comment from a Melanie, a fellow blogger and friend (that I actually had the pleasure of meeting last May!), asking if I had ever tried pumpkin scones. She explained […]

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Beating off bad health one bite at a time with Pumpkin Pecan (Choco) Bread

I have to start out Pumpkin Palooza with a bit of chocolate don’t I? The answer to that silly rhetorical question is OF COURSE! Not only are you getting the nutritional benefits that come from eating pumpkin (i.e., healthy doses of carotenoids, lutein, zeaxanthin–all antioxidants–and common nutrients, like iron, zinc, and fiber), but you are […]

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Aebleskiver Enabler—Simple Aebleskivers

Some mornings call for special breakfasts, don’tchya think? We just had one of those mornings, so I broke out my aebleskiver pan. I’ve been dying to use it, as it was one of the items in storage while we were living in Japan. If you don’t already know, aebleskivers are little Danish pancakes (they kind […]

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Fast & Easy Pizza Dough—Eat 3 slices of pizza and call me in the morning.

I was in labor with Squirrel for 24 hours and then ended up having an emergency c-section. When my doctor made the decision to do the c-section, he did it fast, and an oxygen mask was quickly slipped over my mouth and I was wheeled out, all before anyone told Mr. Fuji what was going […]

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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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