Tag: craving
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Getting Back on Track
Despite our best laid plans, it’s easy to overdo it—especially on holidays. During the last few days, we celebrated a birthday as well as the birth of our country, with double the goodies. And as I have confessed before, chocolate and other desserts are my kryptonite. Fortunately, I have found a few tricks to help…
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Chocolate Satisfaction
In addition to warm savory dishes, I also long for chocolate on cold winter days. And most other days, if the truth be told! When the craving hit on a recent weekday evening, I turned to a recipe my cousin gave me long ago: Chocolate Cherry Cake Preheat oven to 350°F and combine the following…
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Craving Comfort
After the massive snow cleanup on Thursday, I had a huge craving for kung pao chicken. I’m not sure why, but this Chinese restaurant standby combining chicken with dried chili peppers, vegetables, ginger, and peanuts in a mouth-watering spicy sauce is always a quick cure for almost any malady I might have. But, as I…
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