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Hook Em

By Megan On September 27, 2010 · 4 Comments

The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.

We were told to keep the theme to “September”, which was a little harder for me. Currently September doesn’t mean much [...]

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Sparkling Fig Jam

By Megan On September 14, 2010 · 7 Comments

One can never have too much jam.

The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He challenged everyone to make a recipe and preserve it. John’s source for food preservation information [...]

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Oxymoronic Petit Fours

By Megan On August 27, 2010 · 7 Comments

I love ice cream all year long (hot chocolate, too. I’m a weirdo.) but of course it’s best in the summer. And now that I have an ice cream maker, I’m not daunted by the process of making it.

The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the [...]

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Lamb and Potato Pierogies

By Megan On August 14, 2010 · 7 Comments

Summer doesn’t exactly make me think of boiled potato dumplings. But hey, as it turns out we had some lovely purple potatoes on hand, and I’ve been watching so much “Next Food Network Star” that I decided to get my hands on some local lamb and attempt an Indian version of pierogies. (Although, sorry Aarti, [...]

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Experimentation

By Megan On July 14, 2010 · 12 Comments

I daydream about food. Sometimes what I dream about works, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not quite sure about this one yet. It was tasty, but it didn’t turn out how I had envisioned. Don’t you just hate that?

The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya [...]