Klara’s broke my heart and finally closed down their Cary location. We showed up to the Cary building the Sunday before last and they were taking out the artwork. We were told to head up Hillsborough St. to the Raleigh location. It’s about a 15 minute drive from Cary, and being so close to campus, [...]
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Posted in Food, Recipe on Oct 26th, 2012
First off, you should find yourself a good maple leaf cookie cutter. I purchased mine at the New England Maple Museum in Pittsford, Vermont, though you can probably find one on Amazon. Next, you’ll need to find some real Vermont maple syrup, preferably grade B. Maple syrup grades aren’t like meat grades, A isn’t “better” [...]
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Posted in Beer, Recipe on May 31st, 2012
When I heard the “All About Beer” magazine was hosting a beer cooking contest, I immediately thought of all the things I usually use beer in when I cook. I came up with beer brats… and that’s about it. I could with wine occasionally; burgundy in a beef stew, port in my poached pears, Marsala [...]
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Posted in Food, Recipe on Apr 7th, 2011
I remember when I was a little girl, decorating Christmas cookies. We had rainbow sprinkles, chocolate sprinkles, those little silver balls that crunch and break your teeth, and colored sugar. As I decorated, I would toss a handful of sprinkles in my mouth. A little for the cookies, a little for me. I got to [...]
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Posted in Food, Recipe on Jan 26th, 2011
I bought the set of 3 Star Wars pancake molds from Williams-Sonoma and was very excited to try them out. I was hoping that they would turn out as well as the cookie cutters I bought. The set comes with a storm trooper, Darth Vader and Yoda. The set also comes with a pancake recipe, [...]
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