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Wow, look at this! A jelly and peanut butter pie recipe that smacks of your favorite PB&J sandwiches as a kid.
You just KNOW the kids will love it, but so will the adults that get to indulge in this sweet treat.
The recipe comes from a fun new cookbook called Cutie Pies: 40 Sweet, Savory, and [...]

This is a wonderful recipe for an Italian peasant staple, Ribollita, a Tuscan vegetable and bread soup.
It comes from a lovely little cookbook all about Tuscan peasant cooking called Cucina Povera, literally meaning the poor kitchen.
Peasant cooking emphasizes making delicious dishes using simple ingredients and not wasting a thing.
The recipes are budget conscious but that’s [...]

This Chinese beef and noodles recipe really is a bowlful of dinner.
Rich with the savory flavors of the Orient, this soup is so easy to make you can have it on the table in 30 minutes. Just marinate the meat while you are getting the vegetables ready.
This beef and noodles “bowlful of dinner” comes from [...]

This Tuscan white bean soup is one of those delicious but oh so easy crockpot soup recipes.
Dump everything in the pot, turn it on and come home to hot homemade soup 8 hours later. I love it!
The recipe comes from a new cookbook by Lynn Alley called 50 Simple Soups for the Slow Cooker, [...]

Well it was a very exciting day yesterday. If you follow this blog you know that I posted a fantastic contest a little while back to win 2 free tickets to TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival. It was sponsored by the California Strawberry Commission and they gave us a fantastic recipe to post for [...]