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This recipe is from Food & Wine magazine and is by Bobby Flay. Typically, I'm not big on Flay's TV personality but this was from a magazine so it's not like I had to watch him on TV or anything. So, it's fine. Actually, it was better than fine. We tried it recently as a …

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First off, I'll just say that Astoria has somewhat limited catering choices. It was a little frustrating at first but it has come together just fine -- better than fine, actually. We have been in discussions with our caterer over our wedding reception dinner menu and I think we have come up with a great …

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This recipe is from Bon Appétit magazine and makes a great Summer dessert. I thought the filling maybe needed a bit more ooomph -- next time, I may add a teaspoon or two of orange or lemon liqueur. Of course, this might also be because I used "light" cream cheese. Perhaps that was a mistake. …

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I originally envisioned this post for Weekend Cookbook Challenge 17, but I didn't get it up in time. Most of this week (in the evening) has been devoted to working on the wedding website with jwa. Happily, save the date cards went out last Thursday. Well, at least the main bulk of them -- there's …

Continue reading "Almond Cake: Well, Now it's Just Really Kind of Anticlimactic"

We went to Sub Rosa for dinner last night and had a good meal -- wine, salads, pasta, a pizza for jwa and some pistachio gelato. Hey! It was for charity! One of the things that I am most excited about though (and have been putting enough effort into to not have time to post …

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