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Homemade Oreo Cookies will Remind you of your Childhood

I love researching recipes! If you were to look at my email inbox folder, you would find hundreds of saved recipes. Most have become like old friends that I just can’t seem to let go, and I’m always ...

Easiest Donut Recipe Ever

I am not the biggest dessert fan in the world, but I do love dessert for breakfast. I especially love donuts for breakfast and even more, when they are extremely fresh, warm and just out of the fryer.

Going Crazy for Grazing

I have officially jumped on the grazing table and boards bandwagon! This trend of gluttony and gratuitous amounts of foods sprawled throughout entire tables that is meant for people to nibble on and ...

Skip Banana Bread and Make Banana Cheesecake

When my counter fruit bowl overflows with bananas, as it often does, my taste buds urge me to make a banana pudding. Or a banana pie. Or, best of all, a combination of the two - a banana pudding ...

When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Frozen Lemon Mousse

It’s been a pretty tough year. We went from winter to hot summer with barely a notice of spring in Chicagoland, all the while sheltering in place. But to use a very worn saying, “When life gives you ...

Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Pie

It's no secret that I am a rather lazy baker. When I do make the effort to bake, it is mostly for other people’s enjoyment, not necessarily my own. The first thing I baked all on my own was a pan of ...

5 Easy Desserts to Master This Fall

I can already feel the comments flooding in, so let me just get this out of the way: I am very aware that, officially, we are still in the throes of a Midwestern summer (new band name; I call it!). ...

Food Comics: Chocolate Lava Cake

We are pleased to introduce Food Comics from The Chopping Block where our resident Cartoonist Tom O'Brien illustrates his cooking adventures. He shows you how to make a quick and easy Chocolate Lava ...

A Tale of Two Cobblers

Some of my favorite food blogs I’ve written have originated from dinner parties I’ve hosted. It might be somewhat selfish of me, but I will use the occasion as the perfect vehicle for a blog topic. ...

Transform Lemon Curd to Elegant Mousse

Whenever we have a dinner party, I'm typically in charge of preparing the dessert. Sometimes when I'm feeling really ambitious, I'll make a pie or cake, but time wasn't on my side recently so I ...

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Homemade Oreo Cookies will Remind you of your Childhood

Easiest Donut Recipe Ever

Going Crazy for Grazing

Skip Banana Bread and Make Banana Cheesecake

When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Frozen Lemon Mousse

Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Pie

5 Easy Desserts to Master This Fall

Food Comics: Chocolate Lava Cake

A Tale of Two Cobblers

Transform Lemon Curd to Elegant Mousse

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