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Cooking with Aphrodisiacs at Home

If you are feeling amorous this Valentine’s Day, consider an easy-to-prepare, romantic dinner for your lover, prepared at home for under $100. These are the recipes that I wrote for the Daily Connection and the cooking segment I shot will air on NBC in Washington D.C. at 3pm on Friday. Not in DC? That’s okay! [...]

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The Big Video Shoot

I have a Halloween story for you. Read the whole whole post, as its intertwined funny and natural; weird and supernatural. To start, apparently I have some verbal tics. On film today I learned that I start pretty much every sentence with “so, ok” and I discovered this in my first real live video shoot. [...]

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  • Julia Peterson

    OK, if she is standing beside you, that is great. I know she would be an admirer of both your writing and your cooking. She was a great cook, herself. My father maintained that in 50-some years of marriage, he could only remember 3 bad meals. But sometimes at the table he would say “Maybe this is the fourth…” Just for a joke.

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    Hi Wilma,

    Thanks for taking the time to say hi and Happy Cooking!

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How to Make Chocolate Truffles, Fill a Pastry Bag, & Temper Chocolate

Chocolate truffles have a decadent reputation, with good reason. For one, they are chocolate. The other main ingredient is heavy cream. Surprised? Here’s how you make them at home, for birthday presents, dinner parties, or cuz, you know, its Wednesday!     

Chocolate Truffles
For the ganache middle:
1 lb good quality bittersweet chocolate
1 cup heavy cream
2 T light [...]

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Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

A how-to resulting in homemade mint ice [...]

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Spring Vegetable Sauté

 

This is an excellent side dish that showcases spring peas and asparagus. I added some edamame too for added dimension of texture and flavor. Serve as a side dish for brunch, or as I did, at dinner with grilled lamb chops, malbec-fig reduction and Parmesan polenta.

Spring Vegetable Sauté
kosher salt
1 bunch asparagus
1 1/2 cup fresh, shelled [...]

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