Snickerdoodle Sandwiches

Jul
2011
21

By: Rachel Joyce

Cakes and cookies,  cakes and cookies. I love to bake cookies and cakes. A good many of these blog posts are testaments to that, and this post is a marriage of a cake component and a cookie. After my light frosting application in the read more

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Don’t Call it a Comeback Cake!

Jul
2011
15

By: Rachel Joyce

Foodies & Foodettes, it's high time I'm back on the blogging horse. Through various life experiences like job changes, moves, and overall 'hold-on-tight-its-going-to-be-a-bumpy-ride' events my inspiration to bake, cook, and foodielosiphize flamed out. Let's leave it at that and get to ... read more

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White Pecan Pumpkin Cookies

Oct
2010
20

By: Rachel Joyce

My favorite life philosophical quote at the moment is, "Who's to say what's good and what's bad?" Its part of an old Chinese proverb about a guy and a horse and if I had paid attention to the content of the quote I could reiterate it now, but the story doesn't interest me as much as the l ... read more

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Fresh Pickings at Styer’s Orchard

Aug
2010
20

By: Rachel Joyce

In my previous post I paid homage to the kitchen I left behind in sunny Florida for the hustle and bustle of New York City. But I'm not there yet. Not for another seven days anyway. Before making my way to the big top of big dreams, there was something I had to do first in my home state o ... read more

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Cream Cheese Capers Pt. 1, Peach & Strawberry Parfait

Jun
2010
16

By: Rachel Joyce

Four weeks. I have not posted for four full weeks. Basically at this point I am considered deceased in the 24/7 instantaneous blogging world, but I really always loved the idea of posthumously being published so let's cook and write from the grave, shall we?

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Chocolate Fruit Salad Pie

May
2010
16

By: Rachel Joyce

I entirely blame the Food Network Challenge series for my rude foodie awakening. I specifically remember watching the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest three years back knowing the recipe I've crafted over many, many years could at least be a contender.  Over the past year I've entered ... read more

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Tropical Chocolate Chip Cookies for Share Our Strength Bake Sale

Apr
2010
14

By: Rachel Joyce

It is no secret that is has been a very, very long time since I could consider myself a practicing Catholic but some old habits die really, really hard. This past Lent Season while I watched close friends and family perform their annual sacrifices participating in a ritual mirroring the s ... read more

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Champagne & Roses Verrines Valentine’s Dessert

Feb
2010
13

By: Rachel Joyce

You can count me among those that revel in the Valentine's Day pageantry, but its not because I am looking for love in gift-and-dinner form. Its because I love to express love, and on this heartfelt occasion I do it the best way I know how-sweets. Last year I had lots o'down time following a minor yet necessary laser-zappi ... read more

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