October 2011

This month, Rebecca and I decided we would make pumpkin cake balls for our coworkers and our work Halloween party! Emeril seemed to have a pretty great pumpkin cake recipe, so we used his for the cake: 1 cup plus …

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We’re starting a new series here at Garlic, My Soul called Throwback Fridays. We’d like to take this time out of your TGIF happy dance to look back at what the ladies of Garlic, My Soul were doing this time …

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When your roommate asks for cookies, obviously, you make her cookies. A few weeks ago, we were having a not so good day at the Cottage (aka my apartment). Cookies were very necessary. I scoured the intermet looking for the …

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Last week we had a baby shower for a coworker that will hopefully be having her baby today! In honor the baby’s arrival, here’s the cake. It’s a red velvet cake recipe, which Rebecca (in a moment of genius) decided …

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Our dear friend Cricket’s birthday was last week, and of course Rebecca and I signed up to make the cake. OK, well I signed Rebecca and I up to make this cake. I wanted to make PW’s chocolate sheet cake, …

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As part of our general awareness of football season, Jennie and I have been thinking about football party snacks that we don’t like very much and trying to find ways of making them more delicious. Jennie showed us her seven …

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My latest Cucina Fresca assignment was to come up with a simple egg-based casserole that could be adapted to use whatever vegetables, herbs, or cheese you might have lying around the house. As usual, I went a little too far …

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A few weeks back I had a coworker who’s birthday snuck up on me. And since I didn’t have much time, I had to not-so-subtly just ask him what his favorite cake was. Then I did something I almost never …

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A few months back, during one of our video conferences, I got it in my mind that I wanted to make something with lentils. I didn’t care what it was, I just wanted to try lentils. It was agreed that …

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Sometimes, I set out to cook thinks that are completely reasonable and not remotely related to my southern upbringing, and most of the time I succeed. Other times, without even realizing it, I make barbecue sauce. That’s what happened here. …

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