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Pie Puzzle

Something freakishly delicious is coming.

Something with bananas and graham crackers,

homemade dulce de licious - I mean, dulce de leche.

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Second Banana

And they say there are no second acts.

Remember these?
Somehow, a few caramelized bananas escaped Josie’s ice cream bowl, and let me tell you, that’s no small feat. They sat in the refrigerator quietly until Sunday morning, when I whisked them back to the counter…

…and pressed them into service. Literally.

At first glance, a [...]

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July is an upside-down month - as in, steaming outside, freezing inside. It’s too hot to cook, but I’m starving. I couldn’t eat another bite, but…a little something cold for dessert?
Oh, summer desserts. With a damp ponytail and flip-flops, you’d think I’d keep it simple, but no. That scoop of specked vanilla? [...]

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Sometimes I like to roll up my sleeves, fire up a different oven and put this show on the road.
So I’ve been doing a little visiting baker-in-residence act in my mom’s Chicago kitchen. It’s day three of my visit, and the counter resembles a carb paradise: flaky cinnamon twists, apple danish braid, apricot rugelach and, [...]

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