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millions of peaches…

On August 25, 2011 By

Wait, are you won­der­ing about the birth­day treat give­away? Well, I’m still tak­ing ideas, as I have 2 more weeks to go before the big day! And remem­ber, it doesn’t have to be cake. Cook­ies, brown­ies, pies… the options are end­less! So keep ‘em coming!

So, I have sad news. I am not at […]

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sunny grapefruit curd

On March 21, 2011 By

Inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing in a bake sale to ben­e­fit Japan? Check out this thread to see if there’s one near you or to start one yourself!

Hor­ray! Yes­ter­day was the first day of spring. Here in Ore­gon the cherry blos­som trees have been bloom­ing for a cou­ple of weeks and all of their other […]

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now bite your tongue and say “apple”

On October 30, 2009 By

Remem­ber doing that as a kid? The stu­pid things we did to try and get peo­ple to curse… so goofy. And it doesn’t even sound right.

I promise this post will be more pro­duc­tive than sad attempts at swear­ing and the effects bet­ter than that of bit­ing your tongue. Ouch.

Apple Pie Butter, baby!

I wanted […]

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pump up the jam

On October 27, 2009 By

After my can­ning frenzy this sum­mer I took a break, but now I’m back in the swing of it with a fall line up of fruit but­ters in tow. First up, pump­kin butter.

Sadly, the USDA does not rec­om­mend home can­ning of pump­kin but­ter. This is because pump­kin is low in acidity […]

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