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Twitter: Just finished canning cherry preserves. Trying a no-pectin recipe, I think I just made a great ice cream/waffle topping!

GreatLakeFoodie Just finished canning cherry preserves. Trying a no-pectin recipe, I think I just made a great ice cream/waffle topping!

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Chicken with Pancetta and Figs

For dinner tonight, I made a wonderful chicken dish.  After spending a great week with our friends in San Francisco, we’re still in low-cal mode.  This dish, from Cooking Light, is quite flavorful while not breaking the calorie budget.  I’ve placed an image of the dish below as well as included the recipe.  The

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No More Wascally Wabbits!!!

Are the rabbits getting to you this year?  The population in our area is crazy.  For the past two years, we had hardly any foraging in our yards.  This year, I can’t keep them out.  After spending weeks and weeks working on seedlings indoors, I put my prized seedlings in the garden.  As you

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Basil Chicken with Fig and Gorgonzola Salad

Given the fact that I have a lifetime supply (okay, a week’s supply) of chicken breasts in the house, I decided to make a series of chicken dishes this week.  Tonight, I pulled again from the garden and grabbed up some basil.  I marinated the chicken with olive oil, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. 

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San Francisco Food Tour

One of the destinations for our anniversary vacation with Kendra and Jared was a food tour of the North Beach area in San Francisco. What a wonderful adventure.  I’m going to recap the places we tried out.

Link to book your own tour:  Taste of the City Tours – North Beach/Little Italy

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Hamburger with Basil Mayo

Tonight is our first night back from vacation.  In an effort to not eat out and use as much of what we had at home as possible, I found a few burger patties that I had placed in the freezer a few weeks ago. I also had a few hamburger buns in

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Wayfare Tavern - San Francisco CA

Our anniversary trip to San Francisco included a trip to Tyler Florence’s new restaurant, Wayfare Tavern.  Opened only a few weeks ago, this restaurant was truly exceptional.  We started the evening off with fresh popovers.  I’m guessing that this is a nod to Tyler’s southern roots.  Next, we shared a few appetizers:  deviled eggs

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