July 2011

Cheesecake Elegante

July 30, 2011

Did you know that today is National Cheesecake Day?  It’s also National Father-in-Law Day.  Put two and two together, and I know what dessert a lot of men are going to be served today!  It’s going to be fun to check the blogosphere today to see who made what kind of cheesecake.  As for me, [...]

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Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

July 29, 2011

My son John celebrated his 5th high school reunion last weekend.  Since several of his classmates no longer live in the area, five of them stayed with us for the weekend.  This gave me the perfect opportunity to try out a new dessert recipe on a captive audience.  I decided to make a version of [...]

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Chicken Roulades with Chorizo and Manchego

July 28, 2011

Roger pulled a back muscle about a week ago and has been spending time on the couch watching TV with a heating pad on his back.  He’s been known to watch just about any sports involving any team, whereas it has to be a Boston or Chicago team to interest me.  So, this Saturday, what [...]

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Almond Tart

July 26, 2011

This lovely almond tart, compliments of David Lebovitz, one of the top pastry chefs on the planet, was a signature dessert at Chez Panisse, Alice Waters’ restaurant in Berkeley, California.  Alice Waters is one of the early pioneers of organic, local, and sustainable foods.  The recipe was actually created by Lebovitz’s boss when he worked [...]

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Swedish Pancakes

July 24, 2011

Written by Roger. In 2005, our entire family visited Sweden.  Of course, food planning and preparation was a major activity, feeding 9+ people, and we adults were constantly in the kitchen when we were not out touring around Stockholm, or on a boat trip to an archipelago.  As a former breakfast cook at my frat [...]

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Peanut Swirl Brownies

July 22, 2011

***Warning*** If you really like the chocolate/peanut butter combination, I feel duty bound to warn anyone who is on a diet or trying to get into a bathing suit to stop reading right here!  If you know what’s good for you, you’ll Google a salad recipe instead!!

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Cold Zucchini Soup

July 19, 2011

With the temperatures having soared to the mid-90s for the past several days here in Chicago with no letup in sight, I decided it was time to make cold zucchini soup.  I remember the first time I had it as though it were yesterday.  My boss, Don, and his wife, Barbara, had invited me to [...]

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Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins

July 17, 2011

Last week, a friend from Boston e-mailed to ask me for a blueberry muffin recipe.  Well, of course, I had to send her my Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins recipe.  Jordan Marsh was one of the two major department stores in Boston when I lived there, the other being Filene’s.  At Christmas, the Enchanted Village at [...]

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Grilled Corn Succotash

July 14, 2011

“Sufferin’ succotash!”  If you’re a Baby Boomer, those words conjure up the image of Sylvester the cat with spittle flying from his mouth.  Following closely behind is the memory of Tweety Bird saying, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!  I did! I did!” We sure loved our Looney Tunes cartoons back in the day.

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Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

July 12, 2011

If you’re into chocolate, boy, have I got a cookie for you!  I feel like I’ve been living under an internet rock because I hadn’t heard of Manhattan’s Levain Bakery until only recently when I was searching for, yes, another chocolate chip cookie recipe.  The Bakery has been featured on Oprah, written up in the [...]

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