PEANUT BUTTER & STRAWBERRY JAM THUMBPRINT COOKIES.

There is so much to say about this down-home, comforting, mmm-inducing, sweet-savory melding gem of a cookie that I hardly know where to start. I’ll begin at the beginning: I discovered the peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookie one summer…
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MAPLE ROSEMARY PECANS.

I’m not going to give you an exact recipe, per se, for these nuts, because you don’t need one. What you do need is to really get into the infinite potentiality of deliciousness that exists in the combination of maple,…
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FENNEL SEEDED CHALLAH WITH SPICED APPLE BUTTER.

My friend Suzanne is basically Martha Stewart. She hosts gorgeous dinner parties in her lovely fig- and plumeria tree lined courtyard, evenings filled with the sweetness of climbing vines and the whisper of a small fountain. The woman owns both…
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MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH COINTREAU WHIPPED CREAM.

There’s something sacred about spice mixing, an alchemical process that allows flavors to become something other than themselves—and transform your experience of eating them at the same time. Here, cinnamon coaxes chocolate out of its shell, nutmeg elicits sweetness, and…
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ROSEMARY CIDER CARAMEL APPLE GALETTE.

I woke up Monday morning with a sinking feeling in my stomach, the same kind of near-vomit I feel after I get into a terrible fight with someone I love, a fight where we both got a little unhinged and…
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NUTELLA SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE.

My loves. Supposedly it’s fall. Last weekend, I even found this gorgeous leaf turning leaf on the sidewalk. But here in LA, it’s currently nearing 90º. My longing for chilly mornings wrapped in blankets, set to the tune of rain…
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