The warming combination of spiced black beans and sweetly fried plantains, topped with avocado, lime and crumbly cheese is pure comfort food. And it’s been an especially welcome reprieve during these recent cool, damp spring days.
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These Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies with dried cherries and toasted pecans are one of my all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. I turn to them when I'm craving rich chocolate along with some chew and crunch.
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I don't think there could be a breakfast more perfect than this Mediterranean mezze. With its fresh vegetables and herbs simply dressed in olive oil and lemon or vinegar, feta cheese, soft flatbread, briny olives, and warm and creamy spinach lentil soup, there's something special about savoring a sampling of several small plates in a slow, simple, and unpretentious manner.
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Happy New Year! I’m offering this Breakfast Cherry Crumb Cake as a sweet antidote to all the New Year cleanses and detoxes dangerously promising to make you once again clean and pure. If you want to steer toward the middle rather than operate in the extremes this year, keep reading for the sweet origin story of this cake.
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