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Twinkle's Kitchen | Simply sourdough
Baking is one of my great passions, and although I’m more at home whipping up delicious sweets, I do love the experience of bringing some good loaves of bread into this world. It’s a labor of...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Grilling salmon
I love grilling, and I love trying out new things to cook on the grill. For a long time, however, I shied away from cooking anything I thought might fall apart to avoid any unwanted failure.Honestly,...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Sweet, summery peach ice cream
Peaches, one of my all-time favorite fruits, are in season right now. Coincidentally July is National Ice Cream Month. And what better way to celebrate than by making peach ice cream. When I was a kid,...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | DIY Pudding Pops
From Cliff Huxtable to the Brown Hornet, Bill Cosby has become one of the greatest pop icons of the last 50 years. Today, July 12, he turns 75.It’s hard to look back on the last 40 or so years of...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Sweet & spicy relish
From New York to Chicago to New Orleans and way out West, hot dogs are a part of our food history.Coney Island hosts the annual hot dog eating contest every Fourth of July. Celebrities can be spotted...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Tomato Goat Cheese Pie
After what seems like a lifetime waiting for tomatoes to come in, I’m finally able to harvest some of the heirlooms we planted. These juicier, meatier and long-awaited treasures are picked right off...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Celebrating Julia Child: Roasted Hens with Potato Galette
Today marks the 100th birthday of the late Julia Child. In celebration of the bounty this icon of cheffery brought to the table for so many, I thought I’d share out a little recipe based on some of her...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | DIY fruit leather
Last year I had a lot of trouble getting my daughter to eat at school. Between limited time – mostly time hanging out with friends – and limited choices, she just wasn’t eating.Step-by-step in photos:...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Craft Beer 101
Whether you are hesitant to drink a craft beer or maybe had one you weren’t so thrilled about, a little Beer 101 could lead you into the wonderful world of flavorful, fresh local brews you may have...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Easy on-the-go breakfast
Mornings are always hectic around our house, and making sure we all have something healthy to eat can get pretty tricky.I don’t have time every single morning to fix a big spread – I usually save that...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Homemade Buttery Buttermilk Biscuits
I’m whole-heartedly for eating and living healthier, but homemade biscuits are one comfort food I refuse to scratch off the list. Warm, flaky, right out of the oven and slathered in homemade blackberry...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Celebrate chocolate!
I can’t describe to you in words the depth of my love for chocolate, but I can definitely bake something that helps illustrate my feelings.One of my favorite desserts to make is also one of my first...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Save the seeds! That’s the advice I’m giving everyone this fall as they turn their pumpkins into Jack-o-Lanterns. Those pumpkin insides can easily be washed, rinsed and dried to become perfectly...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Halloween cookies
Part of the fun of Halloween — or any other holiday for that matter — is baking. Creating those special sweets shaped like pumpkins or candy canes is a tradition I like to maintain in our house.Baking...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Whole Wheat Rolls
One of the things I look forward to each holiday season is eating lots and lots of my grandmother’s homemade rolls. Soft, warm and buttery, from the oven straight to the table, her rolls are crucial to...
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A Classic: Green Bean Casserole
No Thanksgiving table is complete without the classic green bean casserole. Sometimes there can even be several of them battling for table space at larger gatherings. Just what is it that makes...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Cranberry Salsa
There it sits. That jiggly, wiggly gelatinous cylinder, sliced into opaque, maroon circles, haunting your Thanksgiving table.That’s right, I’m talking cranberry sauce, a dish that most think is a given...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Perfect Roasted Turkey
I’ve always had nightmares about cooking a huge turkey for the holidays. And from what I can tell, most folks have this same fear. The fear we will all open the oven, pull out the beautiful turkey and...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Triple Decker Pecan Pumpkin Pie
After the turkey’s been carved, the cranberry sauced and plates scraped, it’s time for pie. And everyone loves pie, right? The problem is which one to bake and which one to eat.This year, I have a...
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Twinkle's Kitchen | Much ado about ginger
From soothing a sore throat to swirling in a cocktail, the ways you can use ginger are nearly limitless.As an age-old cold remedy and spice, this knobby, weird-looking rhizome – not a root, actually –...
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