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French Market Apple Pie
Published on 2010-10-08 09:32:00
Although it makes me feel guilty to eat, one of my favorite desserts is this luscious, rich apple pie. When I was a child, my mom made the more traditional version of apple pie with the double crust. For the filling, she would simply sprinkle a little flour and sugar over the apples and let them sit to sweeten and thicken slightly. Being a brown sugar-holic, I searched for a more flavorful, brown sugar-using version of apple pie as I began to cook. This recipe is a hybrid of several recipes I'v
Soft Pretzels
Published on 2010-06-10 10:46:00
This outstanding recipe comes from my good friend, Lyne. She and I have known each other for more than 15 years, but only in the last few years realized that we both share a love for cooking. Lyne was kind enough to share with me her recipe for soft pretzels, which she said took her quite some time to come up with. She developed the recipe on her own after buying a soft pretzel mix from Williams Sonoma. The price tag was fairly hefty, so Lyne set out to replicate the recipe from scratch. She wen
Chicken Divan
Published on 2010-04-27 18:50:00
Chicken Divan (pronounced dih-van (like the automobile), and with the accent on the 2nd syllable) originated in the 1950's at Divan Parisienne, a New York restaurant, and there are lots and lots of recipes for it out there. I've compared a number of them to this family recipe, and none sound as good or as simple. The beauty of many dishes, I believe, is in their simplicity, and this rendition of Chicken Divan is one of those. No need to go overboard here. The key is the lovely and extremely flav
