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Passion Fruit Tart: Ignite Your Passion this Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it’s time to start Googling which chocolate dessert to prepare for your loved ones, right? Chocolate is a pretty sexy and delicious ingredient ...

Playing with Angel Food

I love angel food cake and when a client asked me to bake one for her birthday earlier in the summer, I couldn’t have been happier. She wanted all the trimmings – raspberries spilling over from the ...

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Bars

We all have foods that remind us of certain people, or places, or a favorite memory, or season, and the combination of strawberry and rhubarb hits all of those notes for me. I’m always on the hunt ...

Grilled, Dairy-Free Hand Pies

Late spring/early summer fruit is filling the farmers markets. I bought a bunch of rhubarb—the fruitiest vegetable, which I love dearly. And of course I bought strawberries, because they were there ...

Lemon Cake with Blueberry Sauce: A Chopping Block Classic

When I first started working at The Chopping Block 20 years ago, the bulk of our curriculum revolved around the Building Block Series. In this series, there were 24 classes, and each menu focused on ...

Warm Weather Dessert

As spring awakens, I quit seeking out rich, warm, spicy treats and lean toward cool and clean. There’s nothing like an 88 degree day in May to make one reflect on their memories of the seasons, so ...

French Vanilla Ice Cream For Any Occasion

Growing up, I ate more ice cream then I probably should have - a gallon a week to be exact. For others, ice cream may have been reserved as a treat, only eaten on special holidays or occasions such ...

A Tale of Two Frostings

Those of you who follow me on Instagram may know that last week was a total cake-a-palooza of a week for me! I had three cakes to bake: one for my niece’s baptism and two birthday cakes. To stay as ...

Grandma Ruby’s Peanut Butter Fingers

I think it is surprising that I haven’t written a million blogs about my grandmother Ruby, her recipes, her cooking and her garden. She was one of the most influential cooks of my childhood. Ruby was ...

Easy Vegan Swaps

I will be honest: I am not vegan. When I was at my healthiest, I drastically reduced my intake of animal proteins, dairy, and processed foods and it made a world of difference in my overall feeling ...

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Passion Fruit Tart: Ignite Your Passion this Valentine’s Day

Playing with Angel Food

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Bars

Grilled, Dairy-Free Hand Pies

Lemon Cake with Blueberry Sauce: A Chopping Block Classic

Warm Weather Dessert

French Vanilla Ice Cream For Any Occasion

A Tale of Two Frostings

Grandma Ruby’s Peanut Butter Fingers

Easy Vegan Swaps

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