dessert

Peach and Blackberry Skillet Cake

August 17, 2011
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Keep those entries into the Peas and Thank You cookbook giveaway coming! You have a week, and you won’t be sorry. Last Thursday morning, I took my chem final. After three hours and fourteen problems, I came home and promptly baked the following skillet cake for myself. It says a lot about how I felt [...]

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Vegan Fig Bars

May 25, 2011
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When you go high raw, you get used to a couple of crucial luxuries: Your kitchen is rarely hot Your oven rarely sets off the fire alarm Nearly everything you make can be enjoyed instantly (if you take an approach to raw foods that isn’t too focused on dehydrating) A lot of your main dishes [...]

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Macaroons for Mom

May 8, 2011
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This morning, when my Mom checked her email, she was probably surprised to find a message from me saying “Happy Birthday! Check out the blog sometime after 1 p.m..” Since I have exams today, and can’t spend the afternoon taking Mom out to lunch (which is what I wish I could do), I hope that [...]

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Three Year Pride: Raw Cheesecake with Cacao Crust

April 22, 2011
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I’m really proud right now. In theory, that’s because Tuesday marked my third official quitiversary: that’s three years of life after smoking. For those of you who are new to CR, here’s the deal: I was a heavy smoker for about 8 years. I loved cigarettes, and I still miss them. I started writing CR [...]

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Raw Chocolate Cake with the Wannabe Chef

December 5, 2010
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Unlike so many foodies, I did not grow up in the kitchen. I have no memories of laying sugar cookies out on a baking tray with a grandmother who smelled of cinnamon and nutmeg, nor of the first time my mother taught me to poach an egg, nor of spooning hot, homemade raspberry preserves into [...]

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Iron Chef Fail: The End of Dole Summit Weekend

November 22, 2010
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When we left off, I mentioned that my last night at the Dole Summit culminated in an Iron Chef cook’s challenge. What did this mean, exactly? It meant that we bloggers were divided into six teams, one for three courses of a meal: salad, entree, and dessert. For each of these courses, two teams were [...]

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Avocado, Chocolate, and Sweet Potato Pudding

July 28, 2010

Last September, when I posted my much adored recipe for chocomole, I got a ton of enthusiastic responses. Since then, I’ve seen many stellar renditions of the recipe around the blogosphere, as well as a few variations. My favorite of these is Ashley’s choco-banana-mole, which you check out here! This week, I made what I [...]

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