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As promised, here's another St. Patrick's Day recipe (although it's about a day later than I was hoping to post it). Luckily, there's still plenty of time to plan on making a risotto like this for Friday's (or Saturday's, Sunday's) dinner. If you are really smart, you will get a little extra corned beef and …

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Does cinnamon and chicken sound weird? Well, maybe just a little at first (although, probably not as weird as tuna meatballs with cinnamon), but, honestly this chicken dish is so amazing. The chili flakes keep the cinnamon-sugar marinade from becoming too sweet and it all just really seems to work with the juicy, roasted chicken …

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Cheese popcorn should not involve powdered cheese -- that is a fact. I was recently looking for a recipe and I came across a bunch online that called for powdered cheddar cheese. Where do you even get that? I thought about this cheese-related problem for a bit and came to the conclusion that I could …

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Photo taken August, 2012. She has an origin story and it goes something like this -- my mom and her sister were at a Mexican restaurant in Fargo, ND (later we would learn this was actually Moorhead, MN), over Labor Day weekend in 1992. There were margaritas involved. Some would say multiple margaritas. And there …

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Valentine's Day Baking Tips & Tricks at Darigold in Seattle I was recently invited to a dairy baking demonstration at Darigold headquarters in Seattle. And of course, when someone invites you to spend the day in Seattle tasting fancy desserts and pastries made with mountains of cream and butter, the correct response is, "Yes! Of …

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