I love lemons. In California I had a lemon tree in my backyard and loved it. And though now everyone is talking about meyer lemons all over the food blogosphere, I thought it the best time to share some lovely lemon macarons made with some of the best lemons Italy has to offer from the [...]

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If you knew how much material and photos for posts I have yet to share – some going back as far as two years, you’d probably get very angry with me. But back to Istanbul! Note, if you’re reading this in a feed reader, there’s a video at the bottom of the post you may [...]

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For my 2009 “I Dare” Cooking Challenges, I said that I would be making 12 different types of pasta at home this year. Of course, making pasta is not new to me – I’ve made: Fresh Pasta with Basil, Tomatoes and Burrata, Fresh Lemon Pasta with Spring Peas and Mint, and Pappardelle Pasta with Leeks [...]

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Make sure you check Bleeding Espresso for the other half of the World Nutella Day 2009 Round-up! Now onto our Nutella Lovers! We’ll be adding the recipes to our huge Nutella Day Recipe Index sometime this week! Please feel free to bookmark, StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit, Delicious, etc. I contributed Hazelnut Macarons with Nutella and Spicy [...]

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Happy World Nutella Day!!!! Today, February 5th is World Nutella Day! For the 3rd year, we’re celebrating the chocolaty hazelnut spread that is Nutella! Back in early 2007 I was thinking about how there was no holiday to celebrate wonderful nutty Nutella. And World Nutella Day was born! As your World Nutella co-host, just a [...]

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