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Nick • July 31, 2010
If English isn’t your primary language, coffee cake must be very confusing. I mean, there’s no coffee in it normally. It should be called “Cake you eat with coffee.” Of course, that doesn’t roll off the tongue really so people just say coffee cake. My point is that some people are probably disappointed when they [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged butter, buttermilk, cake, cinnamon, coffee, coffee cake, Eggs, pecans, powdered sugar, sugar, vanilla, walnuts
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Nick • August 24, 2009
Sometimes I have an idea for a dish (in this case a brownie) and I get really excited about it. I talk about it and think about it. Sometimes I remind myself of the cute kid in the Disney commercial. I get so excited I can’t even sleep! I’ve made brownies before with cream cheese [...]
Posted in Desserts, Failure | Tagged brownies, butter, chocolate, cream cheese, Eggs, frosting, honey, mascarpone, sugar, vanilla, walnuts
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Nick • August 1, 2009
One of the first things that I ever baked in my life was a loaf of banana bread. There is something great about taking some bananas that are basically inedible and turning them into something very freakin’ delicious. What’s also nice about banana bread is that it’s very flexible. You can easily throw in a [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Vegetarian | Tagged bananas, butter, coconut, currants, Eggs, sugar, vanilla, walnuts, Whole Wheat Flour
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Nick • March 21, 2009
On a rainy day, like many days in DC, there isn’t much better than a hot cup of coffee and a rich piece of coffee cake. It’s very soothing. So soothing that it may just make up for the horrible upsetting loses you’ve experienced in you March Madness brackets over the last few days. Sorry. [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Vegetarian | Tagged brown sugar, butter, cake, cinnamon, coffee cake, Eggs, milk, oranges, pecans, walnuts
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Nick • January 10, 2009
For me Winter means warming brunches especially when it has been oh so dreary as it has been this week in DC. I’m constantly on the hunt for delicious and interesting brunch dishes to have friends over to tr. Recently, this bad boy caught my eye. It might look unassuming, but there is tons of [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Vegetarian | Tagged apples, berries, brown sugar, butter, caramel, cinnamon, dried cranberries, Eggs, french toast, milk, vanilla, walnuts
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Nick • November 19, 2008
You might have noticed that Thanksgiving is, like, NEXT WEEK. This is obviously a very huge deal for a food writer. I mean, this is one time during the year were all diets get put in suspend mode and food coma levels reach new heights. Because I care about your Thanksgiving success, I’m only posting [...]
Posted in Healthy, Quick and Easy, Salad, Vegetarian | Tagged balsamic vinegar, berries, goat cheese, honey, olive oil, pomegranate, raspberries, walnuts
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