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Financial Self-Defense for Women

How many of you received wise financial counsel and an overview of how money and economics work before you left home?  Sure, lots of us had allowances and were told…

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Chocolate

Fudge Pie

Courtesy of Lisa Savage Print Fudge Pie Print Recipe ★ 5 Stars ☆ ★ 4 Stars ☆ ★ 3 Stars ☆ ★ 2 Stars ☆ ★ 1 Star ☆ No…

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Vanilla Oleoresin and Absolute

Want a natural vanilla fragrance? Unfortunately, there isn’t a cheap solution.  Extracts contain too much water and ground vanilla powder acts more like an exfoliant than a fragrance.  The two…

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You’ve Got Recipes

While it may seem unlikely to find a review for a children’s cookbook on a site like this, many of us have kids or grandkids, and You’ve Got Recipes is…

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A Primer on Tomatoes

Ahhh, tomatoes!  So wonderful when they come into season.  I refuse to purchase tomatoes during the winter as they’re flavorless and expensive.  But when they’re fresh and ripe, they’re a…

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Great Tips for Frosting Cakes

Pastry Chef, Nancy Kux, ran a bakery, Nancy’s Fancies, for many years.  She is an active member in many culinary groups, including the San Francisco chapter of the Baker’s Dozen…

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Culinary

Peach Delight Frozen Yogurt

Homemade frozen yogurt has become one of my passions this summer. I’ve especially enjoyed using freestone peaches and strawberries. You can use berries, nectarines, mangoes, and even poached apples or…

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Cakes

Gift of the Gods Cake

Courtesy of Susie Norris, author of Chocolate Bliss Susie says, This is my favorite fudge cake. It is light, but also buttery, chocolaty, soft, and moist. Its texture is strong…

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Chocolate

The Queen’s Chocolate Pecan Pie

This is killer, no way around it.  And it’s worth every bite!  I don’t like corn syrup so I use honey or agave as a substitute.  It works just fine. …

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Candies and Confections

Delicate Chocolate Truffles

This is the ideal recipe for extreme milk chocolate truffles or borderline semisweet chocolate.  By extreme milk chocolate, I mean chocolate that has a minimum of 30% cocoa butter. Tahitian…

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Cakes

Chocolate Mousse Cake

The uniqueness of this cake is that it is both cake and mousse in one.  Dense and killer-rich, it delivers an intense chocolate flavor that isn’t diluted with flour.  I…

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Comfort Foods

Caramel Apple Bars

Served warm, topped with ice-cream after dinner or for breakfast on a crisp fall day, Caramel Apple Bars are a comforting treat any way you slice them. Perfect for an…

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Be the Change

Worldwide Farmers Exchange

In the summer of 2007 I  met Chris Barden of Worldwide Farmers Exchange (WFE), a program operating out of Berkeley California.  We were attending an event at Santa Clara University. …

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Vanilla Simple Syrup

A good simple syrup is the base for sodas, ice cream sodas, fresh “Cows” (your own home version of the Brown Cow), sparkling fruit ades, iced teas and tisanes and…

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