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Ham and Cheese Cradled in Puff Pastry

A few years ago, my then 16-yr-daughter (she is now in college and training to be an Opera singer) wanted to go for a summer-long voice training program to a music conservatory in Nice, France.  She was too young to go overseas by herself (or that’s how I felt back then) and so I accompanied her on this trip. ...
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Warm Artichoke Spread

I love this spread over warm crunchy crostini made from fresh chewy bread for a light lunch or with water crackers as an appetizer at dinner parties.  Like most people, I like artichokes but I don’t enjoy the cumbersome process of cutting and cooking fresh artichokes, so I use canned ones for this recipe – they work wonderfully well...
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Mexican Beef Turnover

This is a quick easy meal that I have often resorted to using when my teenaged kids have unexpectedly brought a whole troupe of their friends without giving me any prior notice.  I always have ground beef and puff pastry in my freezer and they are easy to defrost using the microwave and while they are thawing I have...
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