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Snake cookie

My mom lived in Dallas for a couple of years and being a very sociable person, she joined the newcomer’s club, made friends with all of the neighbors, and pretty soon had a fully booked social calendar with bridge parties, luncheons, museum visits and the like. This is the type of communal cookie I would [...]
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Pasta with artichoke pesto

This recipe I owe to Citron, a wonderful blog edited by Mélanie Mercotte, from Ottawa (Canada); Mélanie’s cuisine is strictly  vegetarian; thanks to her, I have bought a syrup made from brown rice and learned about seitan. Frozen artichoke bottoms are available at the Middle-Eastern grocer imported from Egypt and they are such a time-saver; [...]
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Carrot cake

No question carrot cake is a great American classic now popular all over the globe. I wanted to make an over-the-top carrot cake for my dad’s milestone eighty-years-young birthday tomorrow. Here is what I came up with: This cake is extra moist. INGREDIENTS: One 12-inch round cake pan, lined with parchment paper 3 cups of [...]
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