Candy Cane Blossoms for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap

December 12, 2011

The sugar high continues here on The Pink Apron with the reveal of our recipes for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap.  I know I thoroughly enjoyed participating because I definitely enjoy baking for others much more than for myself and I also really, really enjoy receiving packages.  Getting my boxes reminded me very much [...]

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Goat Cheese Brownies Using a Boxed Mix

December 8, 2011

As I noted last year, as soon as December rolls around my food preferences switch dramatically. Most times of the year I post vastly more savory dishes than sweet on my blog (or at least it feels like I do) because in general, salt is my weakness. I’ll generally take a second helping of mac [...]

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Layered Biscotti

December 6, 2011

Last year it felt like my job was conspiring to keep me from enjoying the holidays. The time I so desperately wanted to use for shopping and baking was sucked into a vortex of powerpoint, taking my holiday cheer with it.  So this year, when faced with a free Saturday and a kitchen stocked with [...]

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Fromage Friday: Gift Giving Guide for Cheese Lovers

December 2, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I prefer not to be reminded of the lack of shopping days until Christmas.  Normally I’m a “plan ahead and get it done early” kind of holiday shopper, but it can feel like even though Thanksgiving has just passed, I didn’t start early enough.  I’ve been paying the price of [...]

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Holiday Baking

December 1, 2011

It feels a little too early to be posting about holiday baking.  It’s only December 1.  I still have leftover turkey in the freezer from Thanksgiving waiting to be morphed into a new meal next week.  And yet, our packages for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap need to be in the mail no later [...]

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Meatless Monday: Huaraches with Cheese, Mushrooms, and Poblanos

November 28, 2011

Depending on your viewpoint, working in downtown Chicago can be described as delicious or dangerous. I’m of course, referring to all the lunch options that abound just outside my door. Back when I lived in Massachusetts, I worked for four years in a tiny town on the North Shore called Wenham.  Our office itself was [...]

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Blueberry-Almond Biscotti

November 25, 2011

Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday full of loved ones and good food. I made my usual trek to Minnesota to spend the holiday with my mother’s side of the family at my parents’ house.  Because I live the furthest from my family, I’ve never hosted the holidays and usually [...]

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Banana Split Cookies

November 23, 2011

I love taking something that’s already good and making it better.  There is something satisfying, for me, about looking at recipes as if they are always in beta, with things that can be tweaked or improved.  I’m notorious for rarely making a recipe the same way twice so I always feel like I’m experimenting and [...]

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Processed vs. Natural Cheese, a Tasting

November 21, 2011

Blogging is full of so many I never thought I’d do _________ moments. It’s one of the things I love about it. It’s introduced me to new recipes, experiences and people that I’ve never had the opportunity to come across otherwise.  As I mentioned last week, it’s easy to get distracted and forget about why [...]

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