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Maple Bacon Cornbread Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Garnished with Bacon

Happy Birthday! No, not mine, but it’s the one year anniversary of the Recipe Swap, a group put together by Christianna Burwell. Started as a way to build community and create a challenge for all of us, we are assigned a recipe from an old cookbook that Christianna found at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. [...]

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Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam

Maybe for others it’s been a week of planning, packing, flying and socializing. BlogHer Food in Atlanta, Eat, Write, Retreat in DC and Plate to Page in Germany. I miss meeting the bloggers that I’ve gotten to know professionally and ‘virtually’ but it’s helped immensely that I’ve had a great week with bacon and I [...]

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Maple Bourbon Bacon, Grits and Eggs – #Charcutepalooza meets #PennyPalooza

Maple Bourbon Bacon with some southern grits and a fried egg - #Charcutepalooza

Bacon! Bacon! Bacon! You know that commercial where the dog is going crazy for some artificial bacon strips? Well, I found myself saying those three words with the same level of excitement recently. Last weekend I planned to do two things. Make something with the Maple Bourbon Bacon that I had cured the week before as [...]

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Brown Sugar and Chocolate Chip Pound Cake with Maple-Espresso Glaze

This was one of those moments when all I had to do was see the photo and I was hooked. Line and sinker. Well, the name didn’t hurt. I love cakes made with brown sugar, what’s NOT to love about chocolate chips in a pound cake and then…the pièce de résistance. Maple Espresso Glaze. Done [...]

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Homemade Maple Granola with Walnuts, Dates and Pomegranate infused Dried Cranberries

I’m new to the homemade granola trend but admit I’ve bought a fair share of granola bars for my kids when they were growing up. Though they seemed to like them I could never get onboard with them for myself but admit because they included the world ‘granola’ I convinced myself that they were somehow [...]

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Pear, Walnut and Bleu Cheese Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing from Nordstrom’s Cafe

I first posted this recipe almost 2 years ago, when I was using a camera on the verge of dying and when I had to use pecans in lieu of my beloved walnuts. So it seemed appropriate when I made it again this past week that I do a re-posting. I absolutely love the pear [...]

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Happy New Year and our Most Popular Posts of 2010!

The last day of the year, 2010. It’s been one heck of a year. For me, too much of it spent rehabilitating from the most serious injury I’ve ever had but thankful that it’s getting better, that my family is healthy and that I’ve been able to stay in touch with the ‘outside’ world through [...]

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Maple Walnut Pumpkin Pie

I fear I will create a bit of shock with this recipe. No Bourbon. None..no booze anywhere to be found! I didn’t set out to have an all Bourbon Thanksgiving but it seems I’ve got a fair number of dishes that call for either Bourbon or my other favorite, red wine. It is not a [...]

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Barbecued Baby Back Ribs Throwdown

I’ve been using a grill for a long time; first helping my Dad as a kid (back in the days of cavemen and dinosaur meat) and for many years perfecting a lot of dishes outdoors. I’ve even cooked a turkey at Thanksgiving on my grill! But I had been slow to come to ribs; guessing [...]

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