Growing up in a family of six kids meant a lot of hungry mouths to feed! My mom's delicious cooking really whetted my appetite to create meals as yummy as hers (my dad had a few tricks up his sleeve too), but it wasn't until I was living on my own that I began to cook... Read more.
A few months ago, I spent some time doing volunteer work in Kenya through the volunteer agency International Volunteer HQ. I stayed with a Kenyan family and volunteered at an orphanage, Internally Displaced Persons camps, and with the Masai (warrior tribes in Kenya). It was an extremely moving experience. Read more.
With the New Year fast approaching, I figure it’s time to post the last two outstanding recipes from my Hallowe’en Murder Mystery Party- they’re good for any occasion, really, and I’ll be making them again. The first posted here is for Roasted Apple Tartlets. The second, which I’ll put up later this week, is for the delicious pumpkin pie from Mark Scarbrough and Bruce Weinstein’s Ultimate Cookbook.
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