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Cooking with Aphrodisiacs at Home

Emily — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:29:26 +0000

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! I’ll post a link to the video as soon as it airs!

Fried Manchego Cheese Bites with Wildflower Honey Honey was believed to

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Wings for the Superbowl – No trip to a bar required!

Emily — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:56:54 +0000

My chef and good friend is a Saint’s fan and so therefore, I am a Saint’s fan. If you want to be even more adventurous, get some quail from your butcher and fry them whole, the same way outlined below. Its a totally primal eating experience and a great way to blow off some tension. No matter how bad your game gets, at least you aren’t that quail.

Step 1: Close all bedroom doors. If you have

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Buttermilk Apple Fritters

Emily — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:41:44 +0000

The farmer’s market cooking demos are winding down, as is the harvest season. Still there are piles of apples in boxes at most every table that are pristine and beautiful, waiting for someone talented to come make them into the perfect pie. Underneath those tables, or rolling around on my countertop if I got a little too enthusiastic at the market myself, are the not-so-pretty apples, usually called “seconds.” If you ask the sales person nicely,

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