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mary had a little lamb (cake)…

On April 13, 2011 By

Last summer I ended up inheriting a set of cast iron cake pans. They had been in the family for several generations and are in the shape of 3-D lambs. I wasn’t familiar with this tradition and a little internet research brought me to learn more about these sought-after lamb cake molds.

The tradition of […]

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midwestern cake, with a fresh twist

On April 8, 2011 By

The winner of my Have Your Cake and Vegan Too drawing was lucky #12- Jodie! Rest assured there will be more drawings to come!

One my favorite cakes growing up was a Midwestern classic- a box of this, a tub of that. Nothing fresh, all chemical. Americana at it’s finest. 🙂

It was a boxed […]

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put some mustard on it!

On April 6, 2011 By

Every month can be found to have a whole laundry list of random food holidays associated with it. While most of them aren’t really worth mentioning (Lima Bean Respect Day? What does that even mean?), I felt that one of the holidays this month was truly worth celebrating.

Happy National Soft Pretzel Month!

As […]

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it’s here, it’s here!

On April 4, 2011 By

My new baby is here:

…and it can be yours. 🙂

Warehouses started receiving their shipments mid-week last week, so they should be arriving at bookstores and mailboxes any day. If you tested for me, I will be getting your copies in the mail by Tuesday, so you can expect them soon.

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april fools’! it’s a cupcake, no it’s a soda- wait, it’s both!

On April 1, 2011 By

Happy April Fools’!  My pride and joy, Have Your Cake and Vegan Too, is upon us and should be shipping any minute.  And that’s no joke!  🙂

In the spirit of tom-foolery and things not being what they seem, this weeks’ Treat of the Week is a very fun cupcake recipe, which relies on […]

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treat of the week- gluten-free brownies!

On March 25, 2011 By

My nutrition videos, along with other cooking show videos, are now available in iTunes as a video podcast! Just search for “nom blog” and there they are! Higher resolution videos are always available here on the blog.

I live and create recipes by 2 rules:

1. Recipes need to be accessible.  I work hard to […]

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Treat of the Week- Fruit Juice Sweetened Cookies

On March 11, 2011 By

Welcome to week 2 of Treat of the Week. As promised, here is my recipe for some lovely, chocolaty cookies made with the fruit juice reduction we made earlier in the week. Sunspire makes some grain sweetened chocolate chips, which are perfect if you are looking to be completely cane sugar free.

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reduce the juice

On March 7, 2011 By

As I’d mentioned before, I’ve started working with fruit juice as a sweetener in some baking experiments. Why not just use agave or maple syrup, you ask? Well, there is some controversy regarding the safety of agave nectar in larger quantities (just Google it, if you’re curious) and maple syrup is terribly expensive to be […]

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