Five Crepe Fillings to Try

On Thursday, I showed you how to make crepes with a savory smoked salmon filling. Then I got krazy with krepes! (Why, when I see crepes spelled with a “k”, does my brain read “herpes”? Does your brain do that, too? Should I have not said anything? Okey dokey.) I came up with these 5…

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How to Make Crepes

I recently learned how to make crepes from my mom’s boyfriend, Bill. Every year he has a crepe party for Easter. He sets up several “crepe stations” around the house and yard — an electric cooker, griddle, bowl of crepe batter — and a central table indoors, covered with different crepe fillings. The fillings range…

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Apricot-Ginger Coffee Cake

Real quick, here’s a delicious apricot-ginger coffee cake I made up last night to take to a girlfriend brunch-and-clothing-swap. I’m taking this plus like 4 bags of clothes and shoes to pawn off on someone else. Man, I love clothing swaps. It feels really good to get rid of stuff. It also feels good to…

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Eggs Benedict

Eggs Benedict always seemed like the MOST FANCY thing on the planet to me when I was a kid. Not that I’d ever eaten it. I’m sure that’s why it seemed so fancy. I don’t even know how I heard about it; well, probably I read about it in a cookbook. Oh, little Hilah –…

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Streusel Pear Cake: Old Lady Recipe #3

My mama might kill me for calling this an Old Lady Recipe, since she used to make it all the time, even before she was an old lady. (Just kidding, MOTHER!) So if I turn up dead tomorrow, you know who to blame. (Just kidding, MOTHER!) But all seriousness aside, folks, this here is one…

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