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Makes about 6 big slices preheat oven to 350°f 1 Loaf Unsliced Bread (I used challah bread, but a good crusty bread works well too) cut into 1″ slices 2 Cups Cream or Half and Half 5 Eggs 1 Tsp Vanilla or Almond Extract 1 Cup Sliced Almonds Butter Beat eggs, cream and vanilla together […]

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  Chicken congee is easy to make, and keeps for at least a week.  Makes about 10 cups 1 Cup Long Grain White* Rice 4 Cups Chicken Stock 6 Cups Water 6 Slices of Ginger sliced about 1/8″ thick 1/2 Chicken, or 4 chicken thigh quarters Add all ingredients into a heavy bottomed pot Cook […]

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Did you ever have something you were sure you didn’t like; sure in the way that a three year old just knows she doesn’t like that very thing she ate last night?  Well, that was me and congee.  I just knew I didn’t like it.  I have had ample opportunity to try it, both here […]

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“Would you like a homemade waffle? ”  This is what I was asked every other morning at the Inn where I spent the last week of my vacation.  Hmmm, homemade?   Well within seconds—and I mean seconds, a steaming, perfect waffle would appear!  Maybe they meant ‘freshly made?’   It turned out that they were […]

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It may be Shark Week on The Discovery Channel, but for me it feels like snark week.  I seem to be doing some serious complaining… I love French toast, but most times when I order it in a restaurant they have ruined it.  On the heels of my post about the excellent food you can […]

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