Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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Spice Snack Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Most of my female friends have children, and I’m always challenging them to come up with wholesome, homemade snacks that can replace some of the junk food kids crave. This summer the challenge was to come up with healthy popsicles, that not only keep them cool and hydrated, but to also keep them away from…
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Cranberry Orange Scones
I’ve had a great scone recipe that I’ve used for years. I have used it to make blueberry scones and bacon cheddar scones, but I’m still always tweaking it here and there with the belief that I can always make something better…well, not always but in this case I did. The recipe I originally created…
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Black Bottom Brownies
A great brownie is one of those easy sweet treats that everyone loves. The beauty of a great basic recipe is that you can turn it into so many great flavors with just a few different twists here and there. I’m using the same recipe I used for these nutty brownies but today I made my…
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Takoma Park Farmers Market
It’s another lazy Sunday morning and you’re probably working on your to do list for the day. If you’re anything like me, you may be thinking of running out to one of the local farmers markets to pick up some fruits, veggies and of course, some delicious baked goods. I recently had the opportunity to…
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General Tso And His Chicken
It was the beginning of the industrial revolution and an explosion in development was underway to build the much needed infrastructure in our growing country. New railroads, highways, bridges and the very new concept of skyscrapers required manpower, and immigrants from around the world poured into the country to find work and a better life.…
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Not Your Mama’s Rice Pudding
When I went to college, I lived on campus and ate a few meals a day in the communal dining hall. There were not many memorable meals produced there, mostly because they were quickly pre-fabbed meals prepared to feed the daily masses, but there were a few things they made from scratch that I really…
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A Foodie Guide To Plan B
It was another busy weekend and of course my food loving friends were hot on the trail of new foods to discover. As the farmer’s market season begins to wind down for many vendors, we wanted to get to some markets in the more outlying areas, so we decided to check out the one…
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Basbousa
Both of my parents were born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, and although they were of Greek heritage, the Middle East was a very cosmopolitan place in those days filled with people from many different cultures. After leaving Egypt, they moved to Brazil where I was born and then several years after that they moved…
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Preacher’s Cake
Many people don’t have the time to bake from scratch, and those that do are always asking me about quick and easy snack cake recipes that they can make to have around the house for family and visiting friends. So, when it comes to finding recipes that are one bowl creations, I’m always eager to…
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Singing The Praises of Opera Torte
If you have never had opera torte, I encourage you to find a great European bakery and try it…just once. This is one of my absolute favorite desserts and for good reason. It is usually a square or rectangular shaped cake made of many layers of a sponge cake called jaconde (pronounced ja-kond). The jaconde…
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Sinless And Low Fat Chocolate Fudge Cake
Out of all of the desserts in my repertoire, the one thing I get asked most often about are chocolate dessert recipes. Regardless of whether it’s a cake or a cookie, chocolate is the flavor of choice for both men and women. The other requirement was that it has to be fudgy…so when I set…