Years ago in Sedona, Arizona, a dish titled Fire-Smoked Lemon and Herb Marinated Artichoke caught my attention. I asked the server …
Spicy Sorrel Chive Pesto
Bright, spicy, lemony pesto, balanced with the earthy flavor of toasted hazelnuts. Pesto season is upon us once again. …
Egyptian Dukka (Dukkah)
Chef Ana Sortun is one of the most inventive and adventurous chefs in Boston. What she does at Oleana and Sofra with spices, …
Pasta Carbonara Perfecta Mundo
I can still remember my first dreamy mouthful of Spaghetti Carbonara. It was later in life, because my family knew jack squat …
Rosalyn’s Toasted Coconut White Chocolate Dream Pie
Over the past year, I sampled Coconut Cream Pies across the Northwest restaurant/bakery landscape and kicked around the tenants of …
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Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
This is post #4 of LunaCafe’s annual Love Rules! All Chocolate! All Month! celebration. Each post in February will feature a very …
Spirited Mocha Crepes with Peanut Butter Caramel, Peanut-Cocoa Nib Brittle & White Chocolate Crema
This is post #3 of LunaCafe’s annual Love Rules! All Chocolate! All Month! celebration. For the next several weeks, I will post …
Heavenly Chocolate Crepes
This is post #2 of LunaCafe’s annual Love Rules! All Chocolate! All Month! celebration. For the next several weeks, I will post …
Chocolate Shortcake with White Chocolate Crema, Strawberry Lime Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
This post kicks off LunaCafe’s annual Love Rules! All Chocolate! All Month! celebration. For the next several weeks, I will …
The Best Scones in the Entire Universe
Lofty, light, well-balanced, perfectly textured, and utterly delicious scones. This recipe produces such fantastic results that I …
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Breast of Chicken with Fiery, Fruity Guajillo Sauce
There’s something about January that sends me running to Mexican, Latin American, and Southwest cookbooks. Perhaps it’s because …
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Dreamy Creamy Gingerbread Fudge: Two Ways
This fudge is what holiday dreams are made of: sweet, creamy, delicious, unusual, and memorable. Your friends and family will …
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Peppermint Lime Kaleidoscope Cookies
This very special cookie recipe has been promoted to the LunaCafe Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies eBook--our first eBook …
Coconut Vanilla Lime Shortbread
On the eleventh day of Christmas... my true love gave to me … Coconut Vanilla Lime Shortbread. To my palate, coconut and lime …
Toasted Pecan Gems
On the tenth day of Christmas... my true love gave to me ... Toasted Pecan Gems. Have you ever been in a kitchenware store and …
Moon over Tunisia (Baharat) Butter Cookies
With a generous dose of fragrant spices—sweet paprika, black pepper, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and …
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Lemon Gingerbread Caramel Bars
On the seventh day of Christmas … my true love gave to me … Lemon Gingerbread Caramel Bars. The idea for this cookie popped …
Mary’s Christmas Quilt Cookies (Cinnamon Hot & Orange Shortbread)
On the fourth day of Christmas... my true love gave to me… Cinnamon Hot & Orange Shortbread. Long ago, in a far away world …
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Ginger Spice Stars
On the fourth day of Christmas … my true love gave to me … Ginger Spice Stars. Can we have a Christmas cookie collection …
Naughty & Nice: Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bars
On the third day of Christmas … my true love gave to me … Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bars. You know the cookie-confection called …
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Espresso Orange Butter Cookies
On the second day of Christmas … my true love gave to me … Espresso Orange Butter Cookies. A twist of lemon peel with espresso is …