Category: Food/Drink
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So Many Apples… Make Pie Filling!
If you are not ready to bake a pie today, prepare and freeze pie filling! You’ll be all set when the holidays roll around.
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Foodstirs @ Taste Buds Kitchen
Foodstirs – Modern Baking Mixes Foodstirs started online about a year ago with a subscription program, and they are now launching their retail line at Whole Foods on the east coast and Gelson’s on the west. See my post on Cupcakes by Amélie about baking Foodstirs’ Brooklyn Brownies! I had the opportunity to attend a press event…
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Lemon Verbena Gimlet
I had some lemon verbena from my CSA this week, and I wasn’t sure what to do with it. Coming home after work on a very hot summer day, the idea hit me. Cocktail time! For more drinks of all sorts, follow me and my husband on Instagram @drinksunited. Lemon Verbena Gimlet Author: Amélie Walker-Yung Serves: 2…
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The Acorn Pop-Up in NYC
I dined at Vancouver’s The Acorn last night. No, I did not take an unexpected trip to Canada. My husband treated us to tickets to the popup dining event here in New York at Exhibit C on the Lower East Side. The Acorn is a vegetarian restaurant that focuses on the vegetables. That might seem an obvious fact, but…
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Cranberry New Year’s Pie
My New Year’s wish for champagne and pie came true, even if I had to bake the pie myself (I don’t mind). Cranberries are festive, their tart flavor says “holidays” to me. They make a tasty, somewhat unexpected pie filling, a little something special for a celebration. When “I baked a pie!” is my answer to “What did you…
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Caramel Corn
This is the best stuff. I ate some stale the other day, and it was still good. Can’t-stop-eating good… I’d never made caramel corn before and had no idea it was so easy. Here’s what you do: Caramel Corn Caramel Corn Author: Amélie Walker-Yung Ingredients 1 gallon popped popcorn 1 cup brown sugar 1 stick…
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Not Always Cupcakes
Though I’m known for cupcakes, I do occasionally eat and cook other food. One of the reasons I revived my personal blog was to write about other topics I’d like to cover, including non-cupcake kitchen adventures. Want a taste of them? Stay tuned… Above, a neighbor made Cinnamon Blueberry Jam that paired nicely with brie…
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Bourbon Peach Tea
Try this one on a hot, summer day or a cool, autumn evening! I used Prohibition Distillery‘s Bootlegger 21 New York Bourbon and some Hiram Walker Peach Schnapps (honestly, this recipe originated as a way to use up the stuff). This is a sweet drink. If that’s not your thing, reduce the syrup. Or make a different…
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Apple, Apples Everywhere
Countless varieties of apples show up at green markets around NYC in the fall, and every CSA member can expect apples in their weekly share.
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Plus… What?
Mm, Diet Coke! I often drink it for caffeine and the fact it is calorie-free. I realize it is probably rotting my teeth, the lining of my stomach, or gods know what else. It might make sense if calcium were added to caffeinated beverages. Caffeine increase calcium loss, or so I hear. It’s a good…
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Fast Food
I’m not a fan of fast food chains. I stopped eating red meat well over a decade ago and try to eat somewhat healthy (stop laughing, I said TRY!), but that’s not all of it. I’ve disliked McDonald’s from childhood, when a fry overindulgence made me sick. I’d never eat the hamburgers, opting instead for…