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Quick and Easy Chipotle Shrimp Cups

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Quick and Easy Chipotle Shrimp Cups -- perfect party finger foods and SO easy!
Quick and Easy Chipotle Shrimp Cups

My Life Story Group has met three times now and every time has been SO lovely — full of honesty, vulnerability, laughter, tears, love, and food. I told my life story at the first meeting (yikes) and since then Katie and Sandi have also both shared. What a group of amazing women, seriously. I love our casual get-togethers where, in addition to baring our souls, we play with each other’s pets, share Spanish language trivia (Sandi is Colombian and Katie spent a lot of time in Guatemala. And I’m a … good listener?), and EAT.

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Vanilla Bean Cheesecake

Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake

Last week my students and I took a break from our regular academic program to participate in what we call Intersessions: a weeklong immersion into a new skill or area of curiosity. A colleague and I have worked together for the last few years to host Kitchen Nightmares (apologies to Gordon Ramsay), an Intersession during which kids ask, “How do you find and make great recipes?”

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Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars with Orange Whipped Cream

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Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars with Orange Whipped Cream

Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars with Orange Whipped Cream

Dear Gingerbread,

I’ve been thinking, and I think I need to apologize to you. I know that I haven’t always taken you seriously. I thought you were a stale, dry cookie recipe that any old store-bought graham cracker could beat in a taste test. You were good for sheetrocking gingerbread houses and that was about it.

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Cranberry Cheesecake Pastry Braid

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Cranberry Cheesecake Pastry Braid
Cranberry Cheesecake Pastry Braid

You know what makes me laugh? Those videos that purport to show you a “simple hairdo for your kid’s busy school days!” and instead show a mom flippin’ CROCHETING her daughter’s hair, strand by strand, into an elaborate representation of the Greek gods lounging around drinking wine and brandishing caduceuses. YOU KNOW, NO BIGGIE. Just a little tip for busy moms!

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Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies with Maldon Flake (and a review of Sea Salt Sweet!)

Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies with Maldon Flake (and a review of <em>Sea Salt Sweet</em>!)
Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies with Maldon Flake (and a review of Sea Salt Sweet!)

Hiiiiii brownies, hi! These Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies are now my husband. My other husband doesn’t mind because these brownies are now his husband too. We’re all one big salted brownie family.

My friend Heather of SprinkleBakes just released her new cookbook, Sea Salt Sweet, which full of recipes just like this one: amazing, accessible desserts that use SALT to create the ultimate dessert experience. And I do mean ultimate. She sent me a free review copy and some sea salts to play with, and I’ve had so much fun! (And so much chocolate. Send help.)

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