Category: Food and Drink
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Cheese Parade 2
A few nights ago, we started a dinner partywith a cheese tasting. I would have posted pictures, but it was like a frenzy. Honestly people. Old Kentucky Tomme / Capriole Farms, Indiana This was an aged, raw milk goat cheese (much like my beloved Humboldt Fog). It develops a natural rind that helps develop the…
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Antipodean Sweetener
One of the unsung pleasures of a summer weekend in an English country house is the short shelf of books left in the spare bedroom for the entertainment of guests. If you are out of luck, the row of volumes on the bedside table consists of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, Regency bodice-rippers by the likes…
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Birthday Angel Scratch Mix
When I was twenty-four, I decided to bake a cake for my boyfriend’s birthday. Matty was a wannabe rock star and the coolest guy I’d ever dated. I really wanted to pull off something cool, something special, something his mother would never have made. The limits of my first apartment kitchen forced my creativity into…
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All's Fair
Jake’s first corndog I swear that I have been on an aggressive veggie and lean protein diet for the last week in preparation for the upcoming marathon. That’s right, I mean the Great Minnesota Eat Together. Because that’s what it is, a marathon. Beyond the the must-have vanilla ice cream cone from the dairy barn,…
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Back To School
Even if you’re not matriculating this September, the month always seems to inspire further education. It’s hard to break a habit most of us lived with for 17-odd years, so off to school with you. Why not learn to become a Master of Cuisine? Iron Chef Training Camp may reveal your true calling. Once you’ve…
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Puff Pastry?
This isn’t your average bake sale. You probably won’t find suburban moms in their J.Jill capris sweetly smiling over bundt cake. That’s because it’s … The Big Gay Bake Sale! This Saturday from 6-10pm, Patrick’s Cabaret is hosting The Big Gay Bake Sale as a fundraiser for the Flaming Film Festival. Beyond bakery items, they…