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I know tomato sauce is simple and everyone has their own family recipe so no one ever needs a new version. Or so you thought.

It is summer and I have a habit of hitting the farmer’s markets and getting very excited about what I found and inevitably by at least a couple of more peaches, plums whatever then I actually need. To keep the excess from simply sitting on my counter, getting soft and attracting fruit flies, I am [...]

This weekend I bought berries, intending to make some test tarts for a school project. A strange series of events has forced my school test baking to later this week and rather then let the berries go bad I decided muffins were in order. Thanks to the amazing muffins my Mom makes, this may be [...]

Last week we made chocolate caramels and they must have been the most universally loved product we have made since school started. We were hosting a party that weekend so I brought many home, the consensus was that they were fantastic. They taste like fancied up tootsie rolls, and as someone who hates tootsie rolls, [...]

I don’t like things too sweet, too rich is rarely a problem for me (see Chocolate Pretzel Tart) but too sweet turns me off. I love the short bread cookies I make (I make them a lot, I’ve already posted two previous variations of these over the years) but no matter how I cut the [...]