September 2009

DMBLGIT September 2009: The Winners!

September 30, 2009 |

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A great big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this month’s Does My Blog Look Good In This? food photography contest. I was in awe of some truly incredible photographs that passed through my inbox and made me want to lick my computer screen. We had a total of 58 entries come [...]

Italian Sausage, Red Pepper and Mushroom Risotto

September 27, 2009 |

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This risotto dish is one of the very first meals that I taught myself how to cook and it quickly became a favorite with my family. Yesterday was my mom’s birthday and I offered to make her dinner and told her to pick the menu and I’d make whatever she wanted. It took her all [...]

Peach Crumb Bars

September 25, 2009 |

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My recent obsession with peaches started not long after crossing the Georgia state line en route to Florida on our vacation. My Chief Culinary Consultant mentioned how we should stop to get a slice of peach pie since we were, in fact, in Georgia (the Peach State). I think my face lit up like a [...]

Reminder: DMBLGIT Deadline ~ Sunday, 9/20/2009

September 18, 2009 |

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A reminder to all of you who wish to take part in the Does My Blog Look Good In This? food photography event for September: The deadline to submit your photo is Sunday, September 20th at 11:59pm EST. For details on how to submit your photo, please see the original post HERE. We already have [...]

Chewy, Fudgy Triple-Chocolate Brownies

September 16, 2009 |

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Any brownie that is described as chewy and fudgy is an automatic winner in my book, and these are no exception. Made not only with cocoa powder, but also unsweetened and bittersweet chocolate, the brownies are rich in flavor and perfectly paired with a glass of cold milk or a scoop of velvety smooth vanilla [...]

Good Eats in South Florida

September 15, 2009 |

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My Chief Culinary Consultant and I took a little drive and had a wonderfully relaxing and fun vacation. I’m back and trying to get settled back in to “real life” (begrudgingly!); I hope you all enjoyed the posts that I had lined up for last week while I was away. In case you missed them, [...]

Polenta Pizza

September 11, 2009 |

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You may remember that a couple of weeks back my polenta pizza was featured on In Jennie’s Kitchen as a guest post. As I wrote in that post, the first time I made this dish I made it as a thin-crust pizza (the polenta serving as the crust) for dinner and it was absolutely fabulous. [...]

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake: LiveSTRONG With a Taste of Yellow 2009

September 9, 2009 |

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This is my second year participating in the LiveSTRONG food blogging event that is hosted annually by Winos and Foodies. LiveSTRONG day this year is on October 2, 2009, which marks the 10th anniversary of Lance Armstrong being diagnosed with cancer. LiveSTRONG With a Taste of Yellow is a coinciding food blogging event that supports [...]