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Prepping for the First Mommy Dinner of 2013!
When I initially sent out my email reminder to the mommies this month, several immediately responded that they couldn’t make it. I was slightly distressed because my neighbor Penny, whom everyone has...
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My Vanilla Buttermilk Heart-Shaped Birthday Cake – How Cute Is That?
Each member of my family picks their birthday cake, and the sky’s the limit. My son Ken likes a vanilla cake with milk chocolate frosting or a chocolate cake with fudgy frosting. My husband, until I...
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Part 1: The Theme – Italian Panna Cotta, Vanilla– With Variations To Follow
With all the classical music I’ve heard over the past two weeks, I decided to write about variations on a theme. A foodie theme, that is. My hands-down favorite Italian dessert is panna cotta. Most...
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Part 2: First Variation On The Theme – Coffee Panna Cotta
Although I’m a traditionalist about my panna cotta, I am open to trying something new. Today’s panna cotta is flavored with espresso; once I stirred everything together, the mixture was a lovely...
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Part 3: Variation On A Theme – Nutella Panna Cotta – Better (very) Late Than...
The first time I had Nutella was in 1978 in the south of France when I was 15 years old. THIRTY-SEVEN years ago. I was living with a French family whose primary residence was in Paris, but just...
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