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Cookie Monster cupcakes have been done. But for our son's first birthday, I decided awesomeness was far more important than originality.
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Casting sugar is used mostly to make bases and supports for showpieces, but it can also be a quick way to form custom shapes. Once you learn the technique, you'll look at everything with new eyes, wondering what would happen if you poured sugar into it.
With a little help from your freezer, leftover steel-cut oatmeal makes a nutritious, fast and surprisingly delicious weekday morning breakfast.
Soon after I graduated from pastry school, I got a job at the wonderful 11th Avenue Inn on Capitol Hill in Seattle. This oatmeal was my star contribution to the breakfast lineup, and it's still my favorite thing to make for breakfast, whether entertaining guests or cooking for myself.
The berry itself doesn't taste like much--or so I've heard, as I've never had a fresh one--but the results are, well, miraculous, thanks to a chemical in the berry called--get this--"miraculin". When scientists start calling things miracles, you know you're dealing with something truly special.
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My quinoa won't win any awards for being photogenic, and sometimes it doesn't come out the ideal al dente texture. But I can have a healthy and satisfying one-pot meal tailored to whatever cuisine I'm craving ready in 45 minutes start to finish with only a quick raid of my cupboard and 10 minutes of my attention needed.
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To understand this recipe, you have to know one thing about me: I eat cheddar cheese on top of my banana bread. Yes, I know I'm weird. But I also know that it tastes really good. This recipe is the result of my experimentation with adding the cheese straight into the bread.
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Crystallized ginger gives this steel-cut oatmeal the glitz to be the star of any breakfast table, while the spices and creamy texture keep it grounded in the world of comfort food.
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Join Jessica (The Other Tiger), her husband Chris and their friend Matthew as they bake, cook and eat in Seattle.
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