Andrea’s Recipes

Cheesecake on a stick! How fun is that? I love cheesecake any way I can get it and few desserts in this world capture my imagination more than a rich, luscious, baked cheesecake. If I order dessert in a restaurant, it’s likely to be cheesecake, and I love sampling all the flavors at The Cheesecake […]

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How often do you find a cookbook that is so chock full of good recipes that you want to make every single one of them? That day? That’s how I felt when The Sweet Melissa Baking Book by Melissa Murphy arrived in my mailbox. I grabbed the package and took it along in the car […]

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In January I received an email asking if I was interested in reviewing a cookbook called 101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes. Easy cookies? What busy mom would not be interested in easy cookie recipes? I gladly accepted and eagerly waited to receive the book.
The book, written by mother and daughter team Lucinda Wallace and Heather […]

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We love dipping foods, whether it’s chocolate fondue or chips and salsa, because it’s just more fun that way. And what is more fun and romantic than dipping luscious strawberries into thick, rich, hot chocolate? Not many things I can think of!
This recipe from Gale Gand is reminiscent of Mexican style hot chocolate, flavored with […]

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Culinate is sponsoring a fantastic contest in which two winners, one blogger and one reader, will get a trip for two to Napa Valley to attend the annual Copia Center’s Death by Chocolate Festival on February 23, 2008. In addition, they are giving away some neat daily prizes. If you have a food or beverage […]

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