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Cheddar Cheese Puffs

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The French call these cheese puffs Gougeres and I was introduced to them by a French neighbor of mine, who once served them at our book-club meeting.  I got this recipe from her years ago and since then have frequently served these as appetizers for a dinner party.

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1.    One cup of unbleached all-purpose flour 2.    One teaspoon of...
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Baba Ghanoush

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While traveling in Egypt with my family, I fell in love with the cold vegetarian mezze dishes that we were served in every part of the country.  Every restaurant that we ate in had freshly baked pita bread that they served with various kinds of tart pickled vegetables and thick vegetarian dips like Baba Ghanoush and Hummus.  Even though...
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Polenta Casserole

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This is a recipe devised by my college-going daughter.  She prefers to eat vegetarian and found that there were very few vegetarian choices in the college’s cafeteria.  Also, they tended to repeat the same old same stuff every day and she longed for something different. So she threw in a few ingredients she had in her pantry and refrigerator...
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Homemade Focaccia

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Most people shirk away from making pizza or any flat bread at home because they are afraid of not getting the dough right because they are confused by anything with yeast (that has to rest for some time).  But this an easy focaccia recipe that does not require the dough to rest and it can be served as dinner...
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Warm Artichoke Spread

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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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