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Panettone Bread Pudding With Grand Marnier

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Every fall, supermarkets in the US start to get flooded with boxes of the sweet Italian currant bread called Panettone. My family loves to eat Panettone slices for breakfast - lightly toasted and then slathered with some good butter. So each year before the kids come home from college for the Thanksgiving break or Christmas break, I stock up...
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Raspberry Almond Cake with Sunflower Seeds

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These days I have been trying to cut back on my sugar intake (on my doctor’s recommendation) but every now and then I desperately crave something sweet. It’s on days like this that I allow myself a tiny indulgence - a Raspberry Financier and a cup of espresso at Le Pain Quotidien. This Financier is tiny (two bites and...
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Pineapple Trifle

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I haven’t made Jello in a long time. I guess, partly because my kids are all grown up and so no one at home is nagging me for it anymore and also because I prefer to make dishes from scratch now and avoid most packaged and pre-prepared foods. My son teases me and says stuff like “Mom, you’re a...
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Blueberry Cranberry Teacake

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Even though it is the peak of winter where I live, the supermarkets here are flooded with all kinds of berries these days. I suppose the berry season in California and Florida is having a great year which is great for me because I love every kind of berry. I usually wash a whole box of berries and keep...
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Vanilla Panna Cotta with Mango Gelée

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Now that all my friends completely associate me with nothing but food, I get gifts of exotic foods and ingredients. A good friend of mine went to Mauritius over the past Christmas break and brought me a packet of good quality Vanilla Beans. I have tried to find Vanilla beans in my area and the only place that sold...
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