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I came across a recipe of Mark Bittman's for sweet potato salad the other day and I had to make it. It's a Southwest take on a seasonal ingredient that I usually only eat with brown sugar. What's great about Mark Bittman's cooking is that he is aesthetic. His food had color and texture that jump out at you from the plate! My camera doesn't do it justice but this salad looks as good as it tastes,

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Here we come across one of the stranger specimins of cake recipes. It's a vegan recipe for chocolate cake with the addition of avocado as a replacement for butter and eggs. This cake was made on joy the baker's blog, and Julia and I had been eyeing it for awhile. We made the cake vegan. But the frosting? Frosting just needs to have some cream cheese and dairy, I'm sorry! so, is it truly vegan?

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If you didn't know, strawberries with sugary balsamic glaze is great. My uncle has a recipe where he marinates strawberries in san marzano liquer and serves them warm with some whipped cream, or mascarpone, or ice cream, or... Ingredients: strawberries1/4 cup sugar2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar whipped cream Slice strawberries into quarters, length-wise. Mix the sugar and balsamic vinegar, and

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Flan. Flan! There's a story here. Girl likes boy. Boy's family comes to visit. Girl wants to impress family by making spectacular flan. Girl makes puerto rican flan, with her new-yorican friend. Flan fails with the family, but girl gets authentic mexican flan pot from family with recipes from the grandma. girl now knows how to make two types of delicious flan. score. I'm guessing you might not

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Hummus is a delicious Middle Eastern/Mediterranean spread. It has a great smooth texture and is quick to whip up with mostly pantry ingredients. In Bloomington it's a little elusive, especially at Kroger... so months after Don told me how easy it was to prepare I ventured out to make it.Reasons to make your own hummus: 1. It's simple: Combine ingredients, blend, enjoy!2. It's cheapcheap: The main

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Cent'Anni (Centi Anni) is an Italian saying which literally translates as 100 years. It can be translated as "may you live to be one hundred years!" pretty positive, right? Eating well and living long seem like two things that should go together, which might explain all the old people in Italy? I suggested that my friend in Italy, Mina, marry a rich old man so she could inherit all his money when

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