ready to eat

as promised in an earlier post, i’m sharing another delicious lemon recipe! lemon bars hold a special place in my heart – i can remember picking them out from behind beautiful glass bakery cases when i was a kid, after swimming lessons (or maybe after ballet lessons? i’m not entirely sure – eating at yummy bakery memories blend for me – it was a rough childhood, i know). while i tend to favor chocolate desserts, and just plain old chocolate in general, lemon bars are one of the few exceptions i make to my chocoholic nature.

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lemons and poppyseeds

a few weeks ago, my friend’s mom gave us a huge bag filled to the brim with meyer lemons. what a gift! ever since then, we’ve been making all sorts of delicious lemon-based recipes (i’ll post more soon!).

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way back in october, while answering the door for trick or treaters, i had a conversation with nancy about a cooking demonstration she watched online (via cook’s illustrated) in which she learned several tips for making perfect peanut butter cookies. during the course of our chat, i realized that i have never made peanut butter cookies. this may not sound like a big deal, but they are mike’s favorite cookie in the whole world, and peanut butter is one of my all time favorite foods. so how is it possible i’ve never made them?

ingredientspeanut buttersugar and peanut butterdry and liquid ingredients

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thanks to the magic of delayed posting, i am not at home typing away right now, but off enjoying boston, portland (maine), new york city, and ann arbor (to see my sister!!!) with mike to celebrate both our wedding (2 year) and dating (10! year!) anniversaries. so while we’re exploring the eastern side of our country, i thought i’d keep you all satiated with my favorite pancake recipe – partly because pancakes are so delicious and partly because my sis-in-law asked me to post the recipe on this site after sampling them.

dry ingredientsliquid ingredientsbatterbutter in the pan

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pouring into the ramekins

a couple of years ago, my aunt sent us the gift of a creme brulee kit, complete with ramekins and a mini blow torch. i was so excited by this present that i got a little creme brulee happy, and made the dessert more times than i can count (the pic below is from that era of creme brulee at every party, circa 2006).

using the blow torch

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