Eat Your Weedies: The Beauty of Backyard Edibles
Behold this Dandelion Greens Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette recipe, plus learn a bit about Minnesota backyard edibles.
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Cog Dish Posts & Recipes
Waiting for Gateaux
See my recipe for a Chocolate Swiss Roll with Bailey’s Cream Filling, inspired by Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
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Love at First Bite
Read all about Dracula and “Drakahlua” – Kahlua Cake with Chocolate and Blood Orange Ganache
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What to Make of The Wake
If your first reaction to Finnegans Wake is huh?…you’re not alone.
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So We Beat On: The Intersection of Avocado, Egg, and Gatsby
Baked Avocado with Eggs and Bacon. So beat on, epicurean explorers, reinvent yourself in the kitchen. You’ve got the green light.
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Hungry for Happily Ever After: The Role of Food in Fairy Tales
We all know the stories well. A beautiful girl with questionable taste in foot wear makes a mad dash for her carriage at the stroke of midnight before it turns into a pumpkin.
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Brie-zy Does It: An In-Depth Look at the Queen of Cheeses
Joyeaux Noël, mes amis. If you’re like me, ‘tis the season to indulge in what might possibly be the perfect holiday food – brie.
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The Mind Bog-gling Awesomeness of Cranberries
Okay, Peeps – Thanksgiving is right around the corner. And while most of us are obsessing over cooking the perfect turkey or whether to serve both mashed and sweet potatoes, there’s a dark horse in this meal, waiting patiently to take its rightful place at the adult table.
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The Tell-Tale Tart
Edgar Allan Poe’s uniquely stylistic short story is not recommended for those who are very dreadfully nervous or have hardwood floors. The story begins with an unnamed narrator trying to convince the reader he’s not insane while describing a grisly murder he’s committed.
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Must Be the Season of the Witch: The Magic of Food at Samhain
Okay, Witches – It’s almost Samhain and I’m so giddy I could shout from the rooftops in Parseltongue.
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