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Reprise

July 13, 2012by Melissa Leave a comment

(If anyone is listening) I mean this not in the common English sense of a repetition but rather in the French sense of renewal, a new beginning.  I started this […]

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Hay Hay it’s Donna Day: (Lemony) Pea and Mint Soup

June 30, 2010by Melissa 2 Comments

I don’t remember exactly when or where I discovered Donna Hay for the first time, but I have a feeling that it was at my aunt’s house in London (also, […]

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Cupcakes + (Basil) Mayo + Martha = a party (for a special girl)

June 25, 2010by Melissa Leave a comment

What to do, what to do.  I have been cooking plenty lately, but I haven’t been photographing much at all.  It always seems to slip my mind.  I have decided, […]

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M&M Dinner Series Part 2

June 18, 2010by Melissa Leave a comment

I begin my second installment of the M&M dinner series with a correction and apology.  I was too quick to slight my grandmother’s early cooking skills.  She protests (and I […]

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M&M Dinner Series: Part 1

June 3, 2010by Melissa Leave a comment

For most of her life, my grandmother wasn’t much of a cook.  My mother’s most common references to the meals of her childhood – with the possible exception of certain […]

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Tales of The Cold Duck Cook: Pudding Cheesecake

May 25, 2010by Melissa Leave a comment

As a self-described and devoted food snob, I nonetheless have a healthy list of “guilty pleasure” foods.  Perched securely and deliciously atop this list is cake-mix cake.  Give me Funfetti […]

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My first ever vegan birthday cake (and some chocolate sauce on the side)

May 24, 2010by Melissa Leave a comment

It took me six months of knowing my friend Joe before I really caught on to his particular brand of Veganism. See Joe is what I like to call a […]

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