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- January 3rd, 2010
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Shrimp and Veggies in Rice Paper Wraps
If you’re like I used to be, you try to get some exercise occasionally. Actually, my efforts constituted more than trying for several years. I rose before the sun at least four mornings a w…
- December 31st, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
2009 in Review: One Foodie’s Outtakes
I’ve begun to think about all that has happened in the past ten years since 2010 is looming in a matter of hours, but it’s more than I can grasp in the time it takes for me to write her…
- December 28th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
“Creamy” Asparagus Soup
With New Year’s Day less than a week away, I’ve found myself not wanting to wait until the traditional January 1st to promise myself that I’ll turn over a new leaf here and there in…
- December 27th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
And so this is Christmas…
The past week has been a whirlwind of activity with Christmas flying by at an unprecedented rate and leaving me wondering if it actually happened. A glance around the house suggests otherwise as…
- December 23rd, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Irish Porridge with Fruit and Nuts
On the days I most want to sleep in, I find myself staring into the dark wondering what time it is. Falling back into a sound sleep rarely happens as mental list-making begins. This isn’t s…
- December 18th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Dorie Greenspan’s Spice Roll-Out Cookies
At this time of year in particular, when stopping by to visit the site of someone who lives in a more northern region of the country, I’m often indulged with engaging scenes and descriptions of…
- December 13th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Orange Mascarpone Cream
It was only a matter of time before I gave into temptation and changed one of the cookie recipes I’ve been sampling from Bon Appetit’s Holiday Cookie assortment this year. Actually, tha…
- December 11th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
The math isn’t exactly challenging: 12 cookies in 12 days; this is December 11th; tomorrow is the last day; and I have posted five cookies. Five. Bear in mind that I’ve made eight,…
- December 7th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Chocolate Mint Cookies
I’m not sure what it is about mint, but it’s never been one of my favorite flavors. I could blame it on the Junior Mints I ate too many of one afternoon in at a matinee when I was a kid…
- December 5th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Hazelnut Linzer Cookies
Each year that the holiday cookie spreads come out in food magazines, the Linzer cookies catch my eye. Most often, they appear in bar form, constructed on a sheet pan, spread with jam, covered with…
- December 4th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Snowball Cookies
Well, it certainly didn’t take long for me to fall behind on posting my holiday cookies, did it? As much as I am able to plan which cookies I’d like to bake, shoot photos, and edit, I r…
- December 2nd, 2009
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Chocolate-Glazed Mocha Fans
I used to make quite a few holiday cookies. The prep routine went something like this: wallow through the recipes until the calendar pressured me into making choices; make sure there’s not…
- November 30th, 2009
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Chocolate Almond Dipped Sandwich Cookies
Last year at this time, our house was completely torn up due to a remodel. When left to consider where I might set up shop while all of the dust, noise, and construction workers took over, it didn&…
- November 28th, 2009
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A Sad Thanksgiving
I was supposed to have made cannoli for our November Daring Baker’s challenge, but haven’t quite gotten around to it. Instead, I’ve spent the past several days readying our house…
- November 22nd, 2009
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Spiced Upside-Down Apple Cake
The very last issue of Gourmet sits in a stack along with the most recent issues of Saveur, Bon Appetit, and Food & Wine — all barely touched. Holiday catalogs I’d rather not receive…
- November 10th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Waldorf Salad sans Mayo
We’ve been eating quite a bit of soup and salad lately. With the business of our lives, it often seems to be the only way to make sure we don’t fall into the take-out habit, or worse, m…
- November 5th, 2009
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Wordless Wednesday: Out of Garlic
I’m never out of garlic, and yet yesterday when I wondered about what would go in the potato leek soup we made for dinner, I found I had only the shriveled remnants of my normally plump reserv…
- October 31st, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Apple Walnut Pancakes
A friend of mine gave me a bag of small, crisp red apples the last time she came for dinner and somehow, I’d lost track of them. I should have known they’d been sitting in the fridge,…
- October 27th, 2009
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Chocolate Macarons with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Buttercream
I’ve tried to remember the first time I saw a macaron, but honestly, I can’t. It surely wasn’t until I started writing here, more and more frequently crossing paths with amazing p…
- October 21st, 2009
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Peposo with Roasted Pepper Salad on Focaccia
You’re wondering what peposo is, right? Or perhaps you know what peposo is and you’ve already wondered how it ended up in a sandwich. If you’re like me, you may even just want t…
- October 14th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: kellementology
Wednesdays and Looking Forward
It’s Wednesday and I’m nearly wordless. Nearly wordless for someone like me is about as quiet as I get. I’m tired. It’s odd that with acceptance, energy is devoted nearly…
- October 11th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Shrimp and Corn Chowder
It’s only a matter of time once the hint of Fall teases me with cool afternoons that I start thinking of soup. I’m not partial to any kind of soup in particular as long as it’s wa…
- October 6th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Hot Wings with Gorgonzola Sauce
I’ve often accused my husband of being a fair weather fan of our local sports teams, yet it couldn’t be farther from the truth. No, I’d qualify for the position far more than he ev…
- October 2nd, 2009
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Thinking at 4am
Lizzie woke me up at about 4am today purring so loudly at the end of our bed, I decided to collect the sleek, lanky kitty that she’s become, ball her up against my chest and tip toe downstairs i…
- September 27th, 2009
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Vols-au-vent: Spiced Poached Pears with Hazelnut Sabayon
It was only a matter of time that I’d have to revisit the task of making pate feuilletee again. My first run-in with the multi-layered French pastry dough was also my first Daring Baker challe…
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Not quite a thousand words
Write It’s not Wednesday, and I’m rarely wordless, but I thought this pretty much summed up where my head is these days. The sad thing is, it isn’t like it wasn’t watered or…
- September 26th, 2009
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Roasted Green Chilis & Bittman
I’ve been so busy lately, I barely have time to procrastinate which confirms what I’ve always suspected: planning is but a series of decisions about what not to do so that I can do what…
- September 20th, 2009
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Raspberry Heart Scones
It’s Saturday morning after a busy week and the slightest hint of Fall is in the air, taunting me. Condensation dots the leaves of the plants on the patio outside the kitchen window and the oc…
- September 15th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Basil Cheese Stuffed Skirt Steak
I don’t often see skirt steak at my market so when I happen onto a package or two, I snap them up knowing that in the vast jumble of recipes waiting to be sampled that is my brain, I’ll su…
- September 12th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Clafoutis Two Ways: Seckel Pears and Blueberries
I’ve mentioned before that I have a minor problem with purchasing too much produce when I make my trips to the market. It’s not so much that my eyes are bigger than my stomach, but more a…
- August 30th, 2009
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Bittman Salads: 3 Delicious Choices
Since I began working my way through Mark Bittman’s “101 Simple Salads for the Season”, I’ve not quite been able to keep up with the goal I set to make at least five salads in…
- August 28th, 2009
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12 Layers: White Dobos Torte
I haven’t always been a contrary person, but when I saw the August challenge the Daring Bakers were to task themselves with smack in the middle of the dog days of summer, I knew I wanted to wo…
- August 25th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Salad a la Bittman: No. 14
I’ve always been someone who enjoys a great salad, so it should be no surprise that I’ve become quite comfortable working my way through Mark Bittman’s 101 Simple Salads for the Seas…
- August 22nd, 2009
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Cool Zucchini Soup with Lemon-Cumin Shrimp and Cilantro Creme
I’d like to believe the weather we’ve been enjoying is here to stay, but I know our small slice of Paradise much too well. Instead of the often sweltering heat we experience in August, we…
- August 19th, 2009
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Nearly Wordless Wednesday
When all else fails, we still take photos of our food, right? I’ve actually finished my Daring Baker challenge ahead of time and am plugging along on my Bittman salads. So many recipes, so prec…
- August 18th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: kellementology
Coherence?
I shouldn’t be writing now. I definitely shouldn’t be writing this right now. I’ve just put in a nice 12-hour day and if I want to sound coherent, then I should have some time to…
- August 10th, 2009
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Not Quite Q & A
I’m disgusted. Well, at least right now I am. I’m supposed to be doing my work and I’m doing this instead. It’s because I don’t want to do my work. I figure I did…
- August 4th, 2009
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Bittman Salad 13: Strawberries and Tomatoes
I’m pleased to say that I’m on a roll with Mark Bittman’s “101 Simple Salads for the Season” and surprisingly ahead of my original plan. My twelve-page print out from t…
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Windy Summer Days & Pickles
Windy summer days are gifts, their bursts of cool air a welcome relief to my perpetually damp middle-aged skin. I stand on the side of the house where the gusts are strongest and raise my arms a…
- July 31st, 2009
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Bittman Salad 29: Balsamic Cherries & Bitter Greens
There are any number of reasons I’ve decided to chop and chew my way through the 101 “Simple Salads” Mark Bittman conjured up for the summer season. Julie & Julia has been simme…
- July 27th, 2009
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Mallow Cookies Three Ways
I’ve consigned myself to being late and promising not ever to say that I’ll reform my ways when it comes to our monthly Daring Bakers challenges. It seems not to matter what the excuse i…
- July 24th, 2009
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Cherry Chocolate Almond Ice Cream
I saw the shiny orbs of deep garnet bulging from the plastic bag they were packed in and knew I had to have them. The sale price posted above all but screamed my name so I chose a bag and gingerly p…
- July 20th, 2009
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Road Trips and Empty Nests
It’s that odd time of year when the heaviness of gloomy June skies have given up the fight and succumbed to summer. In a few short weeks, all the weather you might attribute to the most southe…
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Tomato Herb Tarts
About this time last year, I was editing the nearly 800 photographs I took while on vacation in Italy and as much as I can say that I enjoyed reviewing our trip in front of my Mac, one photo in partic…
- July 4th, 2009
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Blueberry Cupcakes and Berry Cream Cheese Ice Cream
When Lis of Daring Baker fame asked me to do a post for The Daring Kitchen for July 4th, I thought, sure, no problema. Absolutely. I’ll get right on that. I imagined all the red, white, and bl…
- July 3rd, 2009
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Mixed Berry Bakewell Tart
It’s becoming very apparent that I’m a complete failure at this business of working and trying to keep a food blog. I’m surprised, actually, because for years and years I managed to…
- June 22nd, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Pink Slaw
I’ve gotten to the point in my life that I’ve begun to notice my tastes have changed. It’s not so much that I prefer some tastes over others, but more that I crave things I never h…
- June 18th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: kellementology
I’ve been duped.
I’m looking at the calendar and thinking that since it’s June 18th, that ten days since I last wrote isn’t all that bad. And since I can’t remember the last time I was this a…
- June 16th, 2009
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kellypea has posted a new entry on: Sass & Veracity
Quatro Leches Cake with Blackberry Sauce
I’m notorious for rarely making a recipe more than once. I have been known, however, to make a dish again and again with a new recipe each time. I know this isn’t a novel concept, and…
- June 11th, 2009
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Nectarine Blondie Parfait
Perhaps you’ve caught yourself doing this before: you’re lost in thought — truly daydreaming about nothing in particular. Then you wonder, “How in heck did I end up thinkin…
