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Pumpkin Whoopie Pie with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

October 1, 2010

  We don’t have an official fall out here in the high desert. The mornings and evenings begin to cool then around Halloween it gets cold (very cold) and windy. We haven’t had any rain since March, but the last few days the skies were filled with clouds. I love blue

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Milky Way Tart

June 30, 2010

I’ve spent the last several months thinking about words and how they work. In college, I took the required english and grammar classes, but I was majoring in music so I mainly took them because I had to. I remember eagerly watching the clock in grammar class because, quite frankly, I could not

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Plum Crisp

June 17, 2010

Over 40 plums arrived in my CSA (community supported agriculture) box this week. Looking at the abundance of beautiful fruit, I thought of a lovely plum crisp. I actually took a full twenty-four hours to decide if wanted brandy or almond extract in my crisp. I went with brandy . . . I’m glad I did. I tossed the plums in

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Homemade Devil Snack Cake

May 27, 2010

After experimenting for several years I’m now convinced you can make anything with unrefined, wholesome ingredients.  My repertoire now includes these little snack cakes.  They probably won’t sit in a vending machine unspoiled for months, but they taste at least as good as the real thing! You can use this cake recipe to make

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Strawberry Shortcake

May 14, 2010

I continually see recipes in books and magazines using the phrase ‘Whole Wheat’ in the title. I get excited and start reading, only to find the recipe also calls for white flour. It seems to me, if a recipe says ‘Whole Wheat’ in the title, it should’t use any refined flour. It’s confusing

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Lemon Meringue Pie

April 9, 2010

We’ve tremendously enjoyed visiting friends in Monterey, CA this week.  We started the trip with a slow, meandering drive up Highway 1, stopping to see elephant seals and pick up fresh lemons from a roadside farm.  Our close friends Brian and Anna welcomed us into their home with open arms.  Their four precious little girls

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Banana Cream Tart

February 24, 2010

I think many of us have the idea that when we switch to wholesome, organic ingredients, we have to give up our favorites. Many of my friends either give up desserts entirely or pull out the white sugar and white flour when they want dessert because they don’t know any other way

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