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The Best Homemade Yogurt Is also the Easiest

The Best Homemade Yogurt Is also the Easiest

Ever since attending a demonstration by my friend Janet Fletcher when her excellent book, Yogurt: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, was published in 2015, I’ve been making this easy homemade yogurt every week or two. Like many baby boomers, I made…

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How to Substitute Different Salt Types

How to Substitute Different Salt Types

My friend Carol called the other day. She’d made pesto using a reliable recipe from a reliable cookbook, but it tasted overhwhelmingly salty. What type of salt did you use? I don’t know. Sea salt I think. Does it matter?

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How To Find A Lost Kitty

How To Find A Lost Kitty

Our indoor kitten, Kimchi, recenty ran away from home. In a little break from our focus on food, here are our Top Ten ways to find a lost kitty, in hopes that it might some day help you to find your own little runaway.

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Join Me in SF at A Literary Feast!

Join Me in SF at A Literary Feast!

Join me and a slew of your favorite cookbook authors at A Literary Feast at the San Francisco Ferry Building on Sunday November 13 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

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Peachy Keen Ice Cream Sandwich: A Sweet Finale

Peachy Keen Ice Cream Sandwich: A Sweet Finale

A group of Bay Area food bloggers is holding a Farmers’ Market Dinner Party and I get to make my favorite course—dessert! Well, actually, like all good meals, this one has two desserts.

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Easy Chocolate Truffles with a Secret Ingredient

Easy Chocolate Truffles with a Secret Ingredient

You know how easy it is to make chocolate truffles, right? Basically, it’s a ganache that you chill until firm enough to form it into small balls. Roll them in cocoa or other toppings. Boom. Done.

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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches (+ Entremet Giveaway)!

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches (+ Entremet Giveaway)!

Ice cream sandwiches? In the heart of Winter? You bet! Visit your local ice cream shop and you may be surprised to see that the lines haven’t thinned a bit.

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JENNIE SCHACHT is a culinary writer and consultant based in Oakland, California. She is the author of i scream SANDWICH! and Farmers’ Market Desserts... [more]

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