Recipe Index
Appetizers & Side Dishes | Bread | Breakfast & Brunch
Cakes | Chocolate | Cookies | Pies & Tarts | Quickbreads | Other Yummy Desserts
Soups & Salads | Pasta, Pizza & Quiche | Poultry, Seafood & Meat | Easy Dinners
Drinks | Russian | Vegetarian | The Basics
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Appetizers & Side Dishes | Bread | Breakfast & Brunch
Cakes | Chocolate | Cookies | Pies & Tarts | Quickbreads | Other Yummy Desserts
Soups & Salads | Pasta, Pizza & Quiche | Poultry, Seafood & Meat | Easy Dinners
Drinks | Russian | Vegetarian | The Basics
Travel
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Recipe Index
Appetizers & Side Dishes
Baked brie
Braised baby artichokes with garlic, thyme and Parmesan
Best crab salad ever (no, really, it is)
Cornbread
Orzo with garbanzo beans, herbs and goat cheese
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Stuffed Eggplant
Sundried tomato pesto
Zucchini & summer squash gratin
Bread
Bagels, plain (topped with poppy seeds}
Basic sweet yeast dough
Buttermilk honey loaf
Challah
Cinnamon Swirl Raisin Bread
Everyday bread with a garlic and herb crust
Pain à l’ancienne baguettes
Peter Reinhart's Challah
Rustic bread
Whole wheat pizza dough
Breakfast & Brunch
Apple cinnamon crepes
Baked French toast
Baked Frittata
Best crab salad ever
Buckwheat galette
Frittata and brunch menu for eight
Honey nectarine pancakes
Mini fruit tartlets
Perfect Breakfast Muffins
Pomacello shots
Poppyseed bagels
Strawberry scones
Cakes
Black forest cake (chocolate sponge cake)
Cherry coffee cake
Chocolate cake with Nutella buttercream (chocolate butter cake)
Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry buttercream
Flourless chocolate cake
Guinness cupcakes with Bailey's buttercream
Mango mousse cake with lime-hinted whipped cream
Marbled butter cake
Mascarpone cherry cheesecake
Nutty, chocolaty, swirly sour cream bundt cake
Pear cake
Pumpkin spice cheesecake
Raspberry madness coffee cake
Strawberry Bavarian cake
Strawberry cream cake
Tiramisu cake
Vanilla cake with custard + raspberries & vanilla buttercream
White chocolate raspberry mousse cake
Chocolate
Anita's chocolate crinkle cookies
Black forest cake (chocolate sponge cake)
Chocolate biscotti
Chocolate cake with Nutella buttercream (chocolate butter cake)
Chocolate-covered sables
Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry buttercream
Chocolate-dipped strawberries
Chocolate Mascarpone brownies (cakey brownies)
Chocolate pear tart
Flourless chocolate cake
Guinness cupcakes with Bailey's buttercream
Linzer sables with chocolate ganache
Strawberry Frangelico tart
White chocolate raspberry mousse cake
World peace cookies
Cookies
Anita's chocolate crinkle cookies
Biscotti (chocolate)
Biscotti (almond)
Biscotti (pumpkin-cranberry)
Brown sugar almond shortbread
Chocolate-covered sables
Linzer sables
Madeleines (honey) <- make these Madeleines (traditional)
Rugelach
Viennese shortbread cookies
World peace cookies
Pies & Tarts
Alice Waters' apple galette
Alsatian apple tart
Apple pie
Apple tart bread
Bartlet pear tartlets
Cherry pie (sweet cherries)
Chocolate pear tart
Fruit tart with French pastry cream
Lemon meringue tart
Mini fruit tartlets
Strawberry tart with light pastry cream
Strawberry Frangelico tart
Quickbreads
Apple tart bread
Banana bread with cinnamon topping
Banana bread (healthified)
Banana poppyseed muffins
Blueberry muffins
Cherry coffee cake
Chocolate Mascarpone brownies
Cornbread
Marbled butter cake
Mixed-berry muffins
Nutty, chocolaty, swirly sour cream bundt cake
Perfect Breakfast Muffins
Pumpkin bread (dairy-free)
Pumpkin bread (dairy)
Raspberry madness coffee cake
Strawberry scones
Other Yummy Desserts
Apple + ricotta tartlets
Chocolate-dipped strawberries
Cream puffs
Lemon bars
Small batch peach jam
Vanilla bean creme brulee
Soups & Salads
Baby spinach, eggplant, asparagus and roasted peppers salad
Best crab salad ever
Butternut squash soup with crisp shallots
Orzo with garbanzo beans, herbs and goat cheese
Saffron tomato soup
Tomato and corn salad with basil
Pasta, Pizza & Quiche
Caramelized onions, mushroom and thyme quiche
Chez Panisse pasta with roasted eggplant
Creamy penne with mushrooms and goat cheese
Leek and Swiss Chard quiche
Orzo with garbanzo beans, herbs and goat cheese
Penne with shrimp, salmon, asparagus and sundried tomatoes
Tomato goat cheese tarts in an herb Parmesan crust
Whole wheat pizza with asparagus and purple potatoes
Poultry, Seafood & Meat
Arroz con pollo
Crab salad
Cabbage rolls
Chicken Milanese
Honey-glazed salmon + arugula salad with lemon pepper dressing
Madeira chicken with mushrooms
Peach khoresh (Persian stew with chicken and peaches)
Penne with shrimp, salmon, asparagus and sundried tomatoes
Tilapia with sweet balsamic bell peppers
Easy Dinners
Caramelized onions, musrhoom and thyme quiche
Chez Panisse pasta with roasted eggplant
Chicken Milanese
Leek and Swiss Chard quiche
Saffron tomato soup
Tilapia with sweet balsamic bell peppers
Whole wheat pizza with asparagus and purple potatoes
Drinks
Eggnog
Pomacello shots
Russian
Apple + ricotta tartlets
Cabbage rolls
Crab salad
Stuffed eggplant
Vegetarian
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Travel
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