TasteSpotting

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My new favourite cookie recipe is this one for dark chocolate chunk cookies. Plenty of oozing chocolate and lots of chew. [recipe]

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Fulfilling a promise to a friend lost in the war in Afghanistan. [Recipe]

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Coca-Cola is good. Coca-Cola in cupcakes is even better. [Recipe]

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Cleaning out the staples cupboard with this French-inspired warm lentil salad. Made it twice in one week; it's that good. [Recipe]

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Lime cheesecake you cook in the microwave. An easy dessert that's lightning fast and delicious. [Recipe]

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Taking an early autumn bounty of peaches and creating a tasty, savoury flatbread with prosciutto, rosemary and goat cheese. [Recipe]

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Shaved asparagus pizza with no-knead pizza crust. A tasty crust that is too darn easy. [Recipe]

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I bought a cookbook just for this basil vinaigrette recipe. The perfect dressing for a summer salad. [Recipe]

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Foxy Lady cocktails: rhubarb syrup, soda and a kick of vodka. Perfect for summer sipping. [recipe]

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The taste of summer in a roasted heirloom tomato tart with Parmesan crust. [Recipe]

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A great trick for making light and flaky scone-like shortcakes. A sweet taste of summer. [Recipe]

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A triple layer chocolate cake with chocolate icing in honour of my blog's 2nd anniversary. [recipe]

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Creamy polenta topped with chard sauteed with garlic and a perfectly fried egg. Quick, easy, delicious dinner.

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Lemon curd tart with an "unshrinkable" crust. The crust shrank for me, but the tart was still ridiculously good. [recipe]

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Lemon ricotta pancakes: they're like baby souffles for breakfast. [Recipe]

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Applesauce cupcakes spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, then topped with brown-sugar cream-cheese frosting. [Recipe]

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[Recipe] Faux pasta carbonara. Can't go wrong with bacon and cream!

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Goat Cheese in Herbed Olive Oil: a simple and luxurious appetizer that is a Christmas tradition in our house. [Recipe]

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Vichyssoise in December? Sure! This soup is good any time, even when celebrating the release of Julie & Julia on DVD.

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[recipe] White bean puree tartlets with oven roasted tomatoes. Great appetizer for the party season.

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A family recipe for applesauce cake: a simple loaf with applesauce, cinnamon and nutmeg. It's a taste of my childhood.

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Garlic, chard and roasted chickpeas. Warm, comforting and oh-so easy.

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Meyer lemon curd. A simple recipe for a slightly more exotic citrus.

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Pesto is the taste of summer and childhood summers cooking with my grandfather.

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My obsession with lemon may require an intervention. Until then, Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake.

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Salt-kissed buttermilk cake with blackberries. Because ever dessert needs a savoury kiss.

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Finally, a way I can enjoy beer! Guinness chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing.

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Red Velvet Cake with luxurious cream cheese icing to celebrate my blog's first birthday.

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The anti-Atkins dinner or snack: Potato Pizza with Rosemary.

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Buttery toffee topped with chocolate and crushed, roasted almonds. English Toffee is not as hard as it looks to make.

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Penne topped with a rich (yet oh-so-easy) tomato-vodka sauce. All the intense flavour of a slow-cooked meal in almost no time at all.

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This easy chocolate cake needs nothing more than a dollop of whipped cream to adorn it.

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Rounds of savoury shortbread, punctuated with rosemary and chunks of roasted pine nuts, are ready to be baked.

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The zest of the key limes is where a lot of the flavour is at. But it takes a lot of them to make a stellar Key Lime Pie.