Holidays

Irish Lamb Stew and Cuisine Kathleen’s Blog Crawl

March 13, 2013
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Welcome to the 5th annual ST. PATRICK’S DAY BLOG CRAWL  hosted by my dear friend, Kathleen, at Cuisine Kathleen. I love St. Patrick’s Day for so many reasons.  Spring is around the corner. Days are longer and the first Spring flowers are starting to appear. And my mother always made the most delicious corned beef [...]

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Candy Cane Biscotti ~ Merry Christmas

December 22, 2012
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This is the last recipe on my holiday baking list and I can’t wait to put away all the baking supplies and get my kitchen back to normal.  Our holiday festivities start early this year with our CHRISTMAS DINNER tonight instead of Christmas day.  My son is leaving early tomorrow morning for a skiing vacation [...]

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The German American School of Portland’s Holiday Market

November 19, 2012
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The local Farmers’ Market season is over, the German American School of Portland’s Holiday Market is behind us and winter is here.  There won’t be any more outdoor events until spring when the farmers’ market officially opens on Mother’s Day weekend.   I was a vendor at this past weekend’s German Holiday Market and managed [...]

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Marbled Pumpkin Ginger Tart

November 12, 2012
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PUMPKIN PIE  is a part of our Thanksgiving tradition that will never change.  Not serving pumpkin pie would be in the same category as not serving turkey…gasp! I am, however, thinking that I could be a little more creative about it and serve a pumpkin pie that is a  little fancier than the old Libby [...]

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Hazelnut Cinnamon Chip Biscotti

October 30, 2012
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   During the upcoming holidays I will be posting some of my favorite hazelnut (filberts to us Oregonians) recipes to celebrate the opening of my new web store for THE BAVARIAN NUT COMPANY.  I have been a vendor at my local farmers’ market for the past twelve years and it is now time for me [...]

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Golden Fruitcake ~ Now is the Time to Make It

October 25, 2012
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~ GOLDEN FRUITCAKE Without even looking at the calendar I knew that Christmas was around the corner when I saw my mother gathering supplies for her famous FRUITCAKES. She made them eight to ten weeks before CHRISTMAS when there was plenty of time to brush the loaves with bourbon or rum  so the flavors would [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day Dinner ~ Colcannon

March 13, 2012
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Pin It    Welcome to the 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Blog Crawl hosted by Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen No matter what our heritage most of us feel a wee bit Irish on St. Paddy’s Day.  Kathleen throws a great party and I encourage you to visit her for Irish music, food, recipes and her [...]

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2011
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year To All!  I hope 2012 will be a happy, healthy and prosperous year for everyone.

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Chicago’s Christkindlmarket ~ I thought I was in Germany

December 16, 2011
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  I went to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday to visit my daughter and family and after our big dinner on Thursday we wanted to get out in the sunshine and do a little sightseeing.   Every year from the day before Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve Chicago puts on one of the most authentic German [...]

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Gingerbread Biscotti

December 11, 2011
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   It wouldn’t be Christmas in my house without cakes and cookies filled with the wonderful flavors of cinnamon, cloves and ginger.  Most importantly, it wouldn’t smell like Christmas. We love the aroma of warm burnt almonds, gingerbread and lebkuchen so when I saw this recipe for gingerbread biscotti at Joy of Baking I was [...]

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