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A Bit of Earth :: A Kitchen Potager

It is my birthday. I am forty-one today. The Meaning of Pie is two today. One of the wonders of the last two years, and there have been many, is that I decided to grow a garden. “Why did it take so long?” I have often wondered to myself, and then within seconds the …click to continue A Bit of Earth :: A Kitchen Potager

Eight Layer Salad

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Following the dodo bird, presentation salads have wandered down the road to extinction. For the gelatin based creations I will mostly agree that this is a good thing, although a recent tryst with panna cotta made me re-consider my general reticence towards gelatin based goods. This has been a stupid prejudice, because gelatin is …click to continue Eight Layer Salad

Birthday PIE!!!

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[This, my friends, is the meaning of pie. Ford (6) and not pictured here, Lily (8), and my husband, Pitts...and each of you, too.]

Happy Birthday to PIE! It is hard to believe that I launched this little project a year ago today. Now, here we are 138 posts later, and I’m still hungry. …click to continue Birthday PIE!!!

Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

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Generally, I have a feeling that cakes are about bakeries and pies are about home. I know that is silly but it is simply a sense. When I think about cakes, generally, I think about big multi-tiered affairs and fondant and weddings and all of that. And when I think about pies I think …click to continue Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

Lemonade Cupcakes

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I like lemon cupcakes. But they are usually more like vanilla cupcakes with a hint of lemon. I wanted a LEMONY cupcake. I offer you this original recipe in which I jam the poor little cakes with lemon zest, lemon juice and lemonade concentrate for an unmistakable lemon punch in the kisser. The icing …click to continue Lemonade Cupcakes