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Pancakes, A Happy Place

Pancakes Of Plenty Growing up, making pancakes meant that we got a box, stirred in milk and eggs with a big spoon and plopped the dough haphazardly onto a skillet. Every little dough bit cooked wether a drippy dot or a pool of batter. Cooked droplets of batter looked more like spetzle than pancakes but [...]

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Classic Ole Brownie

Back to school and chill in the air means one thing to me… time for a classic. When nothing but chocolaty comfort will do, I prefer to reach no further than a big fudgy brownie. Deep and rich, crowded with a haggardly top, I am suddenly taken back to childhood parties, and hugged from the [...]

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Cookies & Curd

Sugar cookies again. And it was not midnight! Making sugar cookies is never far away for me, and last night was no different as I had dough on hold and rready to go. Another batch of my beloved lemon curd was in a pretty pink bowl in the fridge….so what else was a Claire to [...]

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We Finally Hit Hot.

New Yorkers brought out the shorts, sneakers and strapless sun dresses in mass amounts today. In the first day of weather that did not require a coat, all of NYC seemed to be extra happy, extra nice and overwhelming appreciative of the blessing that is spring finally arriving. Seeing a precious youngster eating his first [...]

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It’s 2011, Where is Claire?

Do You Know where your Claire has been?? It becomes obvious you’ve been busy doing other things when all your [...]

Giving Gluten a Rest

Baker to the core, gluten might be my best friend. Hand in hand, we skipped through bread hills on the [...]

Gingerbread Man Joy

Run, Run As Fast As You Can…. Time to Catch the Gingerbread Man Gazing over the edge of the counter [...]

Pancakes, A Happy Place

Pancakes Of Plenty Growing up, making pancakes meant that we got a box, stirred in milk and eggs with a [...]

Classic Ole Brownie

Back to school and chill in the air means one thing to me… time for a classic. When nothing but [...]

Tickle Me Peaches

Oh the brilliant peach. Ripe and plump, the peach can be virgin like purity cloaked in a temperature sensitive skin. [...]