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Drinks

Alexander Cocktail

It’s Christmas Eve and if you’ve been following my Instagram feed, you know I’ve been all about the holiday cocktails. Yes, on Insta I’ve been mixing up a bunch of drinks to get you through this festive time of year….

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Desserts, Holiday Recipes

Maple Pie

Pie month continues, and now we’re into December. That means Christmas and Hanukkah are right around the corner and so are days and days of cookies, cakes and plenty of pie. I love a good piece of cake or a…

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Drinks

Snow Ball Cocktail

Every Thanksgiving the boys, Hubs and I head up to Northern California to spend the holiday with my family. Since the boys have a week off for vacation, we always take the week to hang out in Marin. But this…

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Drinks

Golden Cadillac

I’ve been really enjoying digestifs recently. Something about having a nice cocktail after dinner just makes me smile. While dessert is absolutely the only way to end a meal, a cocktail to go with it just puts the icing on…

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Drinks

Angel’s Tit

Remember how I said I was going to be making a few Angel cocktails for Valentine’s Day? And remember how I said that a couple of them would elicit thoughts of S – E – X even before the first…

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Drinks

Angel’s Blush

Valentine’s Day is a week from Saturday. So the next two Fridays will be devoted to those classic Angel cocktails. A few years ago I made an Angel’s Kiss, but there are five other Angels that are just as tasty…

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Drinks

White Russian

I know the White Russian isn’t really considered a holiday drink, but it’s white-ish and it’s made with 2 different kinds of alcohol so I thought it would fit with this festive season. The fact that it’s super easy to…

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Drinks

Brandy Alexander

Last week I made an Alexander for my Friday Cocktails because it was one of Greg Henry’s Savory Cocktails, a wonderful cocktail book full of delicious drink recipes and interesting factoids. (If you’re a cocktail fan, you want this book….

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Entrees

Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms and Cream

In my previous post I promised another recipe from Julia Child.  This time it’s her Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms and Cream.  As with the bruschetta, I first got the idea for the chicken from the great food porno Julie & Julia.  In…

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