yikes! for the first time since i began blogging, i accidentally published a completely unfinished post. so for all of your rss-subscribers out there, please excuse the earlier post and read this one instead!

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what has four ingredients, takes 5 minutes to make and tastes delicious on a warm summer evening?

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eclaire note: you’re in for another treat, dear readers! one of my bestest friends, kate, offered to guest post again! you may remember kate from her guest post back in december of amazing seven-layer cookies. this time, kate’s sharing her mouthwateringly scrumptious focaccia bread recipe with you! this focaccia bread always disappears in the blink of an eye, enticing many of us to show up on time to parties so that we can park ourselves in front of it and gobble it down…or maybe that’s just me? regardless, kate’s cooking and baking always inspires me, and i hope it does the same for you!

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I first made this focaccia bread way back in 2004 when I had first moved in with Mike, Emilie and Bryan.

Bread 4

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eclaire note: you’re in a for a treat, friends! my amazingly talented mom – the one who has inspired so many of my recipes and taught me so much about cooking and baking – offered to guest post her delicious olallieberry/blackberry cobbler, hopefully the first of many guest posts!! enjoy!

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