August 2010

Lake Tahoe

by Simmie on August 19, 2010

in Cookies,General Baking,Recipe,Travel

I just came back from a week at Lake Tahoe. The weather was beautiful, the water was clear, and the company delightful. It was a perfect vacation of reading, hiking, water skiing, relaxing, and eating. While I was there I took my first foray into high altitude baking and whipped up a batch of ginger [...]

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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

by Simmie on August 7, 2010

in General Baking,Recipe

We’ve had record breaking temperatures here in Maryland for the last…what seems like forever. When I moved here people would warn me of the hot summers down here to which I would respond, “Pshaw, I can take the heat.” Ok, I admit, I started writing this post like a week and a half ago when [...]

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