Last weekend Eilene’s friends invaded the house for Fanime. This meant peaceful days, but a hungry horde descending upon the house at 10 PM. Eilene asked for fresh crackers as a snack when they arrived. While I was at the farmer’s market I saw some peaches. Peach jam and crackers seemed like just the thing for starving teenagers.
Karl’s Peach Jam
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Miriam requested my mother’s chocolate mousse for her birthday dinner. Jan has experimented with variations over the years, but Miriam wanted the original “plain” chocolate mousse. Jan chaffed at this restriction, until she thought of using Strauss milk.
Claudia’s Chocolate Mousse 2.0
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Adapted from a FineCooking.com recipe
I am allergic to walnuts, so I cannot eat regular baklava. Jan decided that she would make pistachio baklava as the desert to go with the Middle Eastern feast I am making for Mother’s day.
Jan’s Apricot Pistachio Baklava
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I saw some peaches and strawberries in the market today and I decided to make a fruit crisp. This is a dish from my childhood with many fond memories. This dish may also be called a crumble, because you crumble the topping over the fruit.
Karl’s Peach and Strawberry Crisp
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Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with my mother’s recipe box and wrote down my favorite dishes. She would usually only make this a few times each year, but we always loved it. Continue reading
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Adapted from a Rebecca Katz ‘The Longevity Kitchen’ recipe
Son-in-law Chris’s birthday is this week, so Jan decided to bake him a brownie cake to go with my Moroccan feast. Chocolate brownie cake may not be Moroccan, but Chris loves Chocolate. Sacrifices must be made.
Jan’s Chris’ Birthday Brownie
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Jan, literally, woke up from a dream about swirling muffins. She found a Taste of Home recipe to adapt to her dream. Since she found them in a dream, she calls them Morpheus muffins.
Jan’s Morpheus Mini Muffins
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A few weeks ago Jan created this custard. I thought it would go well as a dessert for my ham dinner tonight. As usual I have to add a few twists.
Karl’s Hawaiian Custard with Marmalade
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Every Christmas for more than the last decade I have made marmalade as a giveaway. I would make 40-60 twelve ounce jars at a time. It always takes several days to process and cook all of that jam.
Karl’s Ultimate Micro Orange Marmalade with Meyer Lemon
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Jan likes flax bread, but because of her oral surgery she did not eat the loaf that I bought her last week at the Farmer’s Market. The loaf is now stale. It is either throw it away and waste the bread or do what cooks have been doing with stale bread for centuries, bread pudding.
Jan’s Orange Almond Flax Bread Pudding
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