Cinnamon Fig Walnut Bread

I keep thinking fall started months ago.  I blame the mornings for being gray since August because one month of gray skies has me thinking about stews and cider and cinnamon.  Actually, I have been thinking about cinnamon a lot lately, but it felt unfair to think about cinnamon when I had five-pound zucchinis and [...]

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Breakfast Pizza

Having a doctor as a roommate is like having a second mom watching whatever you eat.  No soda, no chips, no junk food.  Some days, I think it’s fine because it’s healthier that way; other days, I think “Darn, I just want a bag of potato chips, but she is going to give me a [...]

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Ad Hoc’s Scallion Potato Pancakes

I know I work too hard when I receive metaphors about life while cooking.  It’s funny to me since while some people hate cooking, I gravitate toward it when I need that meditative quiet to refocus.  To me, there’s a pleasant something in the quiet scrapes of potatoes against the grates and the sizzle of [...]

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Oatmeal Pancakes

To be honest, I was not looking for a Mother’s Day brunch to dazzle.  Well, that was the cake’s role.  I was hoping to find something earthy and filling and delicious–something that will be worthwhile to the whole family after all, it’s been a while since my family sat around together at the dinner table.  [...]

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