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Hello from Brazil!

by Ivete on February 21, 2010

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Sorry for the blog silence AGAIN, folks! I took an impromptu trip to Brazil and have been down here enjoying the sun for the last few weeks. I didn’t forget about you though: I’ve been cooking! And taking pictures! But the internet connection down here is about as good as my first modem was in 1995 so there’s no way I can upload them . . . so for now just imagine the delicious cheesecake topped with curls of chocolate, ok? I promise to post the recipe and some others I’ve been working on when I return.

In the meantime, have you noticed that Pinch My Salt has been back? If you don’t read her blog, go check it out! She’s the brains behind the BBA Challenge and the reason I got so into baking bread. Her blog and photos are awesome!

I’m off to go have the last slice of cheesecake and plan my menu for the coming week . . . luckily my parents don’t mind if I take over the kitchen while I’m here . . .

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Cinnamon Buns!

July 22, 2009
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Some of you wonderful readers may already know that I’m on a diet.  I started the South Beach Diet about 4 weeks ago and thus far I’ve lost about 12 pounds.  Even more amazingly, I managed to not eat a single one of these cinnamon buns.  They were delicious, according [...]

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“Gardening,” Manhattan-style

April 2, 2009
Basil in a bag!

I’ve got Basil!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, kind of. At the moment I have a few baby basil sprouts, but it’s a start! I found these adorable veggie-in-a-bag things at Crate & Barrel a few weeks ago and immediately scooped up the basil and the tomato. Even though I am the worst plant-grower [...]

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April Food Day

April 1, 2009

Every April Fool’s I always think to myself, “this is the year I’m going to come up with the perfect prank, the perfect blend of funny/mean” . . . and every year I can’t come up with anything that’s funny without being too cruel, so I always end up doing [...]

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Real Quick

December 16, 2008

I’m stealing a minute between tasks at work to post a quick update . . . My birthday presents arrived! That’s a fine start to any cookbook collection, wouldn’t you say? I’ve actually already started dabbling in some of the recipes, and started making notes and plans for the ones [...]

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Whole Grain Ciabatta

December 13, 2008

This is the Whole Grain Ciabatta recipe from King Arthur’s Flour (surprised? hope not!). It did puff nearly as much as their photo shows, but it still came out pretty good. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to get the seeds to mix in evenly though, they seemed to be [...]

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

November 30, 2008

This is the cake I brought to Thanksgiving at Adam’s aunt and uncle’s house: It’s the Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix from King Arthur Flour (I am such a groupie!). I bought a bundt pan specifically to use with this cake so I could get it looking like the picture on [...]

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Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage

November 29, 2008

Back to Martha Stewart this time: This is her Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage recipe (I keep calling it a casserole but that’s not what the boss calls it!) which I made a few weeks ago for dinner. It was pretty easy and yields two meals’ worth, which is always [...]

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It was the cookies’ fault.

November 25, 2008

These unbelieveably good cookies are to blame for my needing surgery, which is scheduled for January 7th. Specifically, this step in the cookie recipe:

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