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Peppermint Brownie Cookies

These cookies are like eating a cookie and brownie all at once! A touch of peppermint extract and crushed candy cane make these chocolate treats extra festive for the holidays. You’ll know these cookies are properly baked when they have shiny tops and slight cracking. You want them soft, chewy…

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Coconut Snowballs

The flavor combination of orange and coconut is the winter version of a piña colada — in other words, perfect for the holidays. Beware: these snowballs are deliciously addictive. This dough tends to be a little crumbly when you roll it into balls. Don’t worry — just squeeze it together…

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Tahini Shortbread

An intoxicating, nutty aroma will fill your kitchen when you bake this recipe. Dried rose petals (edible, of course) add a touch of elegance, making this shortbread ideal for a hostess gift or cookie exchange. Tahini separates naturally as it sits in a container, so be sure to give it…

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PB Thumbprints With Mocha Ganache

Peanut butter and chocolate — need I say more? Think of these thumbprints as peanut butter cookies for adults (like we need an excuse). A rich, sophisticated ganache complements the peanut butter flavor in these melt-in-your-mouth bites. You’ll want to put this ganache on just about everything. If it hardens…

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Christina Tosi’s Naked Funfetti Cake

This “exposed” cake is taking the birthday and wedding cake industry by storm.

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The Forks’ Ricotta Gnocchi With Black Boar Bacon & Parmesan

Try this recipe from the restaurant Passero at Winnipeg, Manitoba’s most popular tourist destination, The Forks. Your favorite comfort food is taken to a new level with this recipe for soft and pillowy ricotta gnocchi, topped with Manitoban black boar bacon and shaved Parmesan.

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The Holiday Hotlist: Four Exquisite Café Drinks You Can Make At Home

See how we made a Honey Cardamom Latte, Cozy Cabin Coffee with Rum, Festive Cappuccino and an Espresso Sundae using the new Saeco Xelsis.

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Christina Tosi’s Compost Pound Cake

Try this recipe for Compost Pound Cake from Christina Tosi’s cookbook, All About Cake. This cake is an homage to the team of hardbodies at Milk Bar who have been mixing this seemingly odd collection of cookie mixins since November 15, 2008. That’s when we opened the doors to our little…

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Ina Garten’s Filet Of Beef Carpaccio

Try this recipe for Filet Of Beef Carpaccio from Ina Garten’s new cookbook, Cook Like A Pro. I think raw beef carpaccio is a little boring. Searing the beef briefly and adding a drizzle of Caesar dressing makes it so much more flavorful.

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Fried Steamer Clams

Try this recipe for Fried Steamer Clams from John Bil’s cookbook, Ship to Shore. Outside of lobster rolls, the number-one menu item people look for when they visit the Maritimes is fried clams. Sadly, nowadays, most places serve a pre-battered catastrophe called a “slam strip,” which consists of surf clams, breaded and…

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Chrissy Teigen’s Banana Bread

Try this recipe for Twitter’s (and Uncle Mike’s) Banana Bread from Chrissy Teigen’s new cookbook, Cravings: Hungry For More. Yes. This is THE banana bread. Perfecting this single recipe took me nearly a year. I tried a million different things. But! It turned out that putting the coconut inside left it…

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A First Look At Meghan Markle’s Favorite New Cookbook, Together

With a foreword by The Duchess of Sussex, Together: Our Community Cookbook is sure to fly off the shelves. But it’s the recipes inside this book that make it one you’ll reference again and again. The dishes come courtesy of a remarkable group of women, all affected by 2017’s Grenfell…

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Caramelized Plum Upside-Down Cake

Try this Caramelized Plum Upside-Down Cake recipe from Meghan Markle’s favorite new cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook. “As soon as I heard about the Kitchen, I volunteered to help, cooking recipes from my homeland, Algeria. This cake is one my mum used to make. She always said plums are an…

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Beef & Eggplant Casserole

Try this Beef & Eggplant Casserole, or Tepsi Baytinijan, recipe from Meghan Markle’s favorite new cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook. “Tepsi translates as ‘casserole’ and this is a traditional Persian dish of meatballs in a tomato sauce with eggplant. It’s quite rich. You could make it with less oil, I suppose, but…

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Salad Shirazi

Try this Salad Shirazi recipe from Meghan Markle’s favorite new cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook. “This is a simple salad, with just a few ingredients, from the south of Iran. The fresh flavors go well with chicken or with lamb dishes such as Ghormeh Sabzi” — Sanna Mirza, recipe developer  …