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Fabulous Cookie Jars

Monday August 4th 2008

Recently, I posted a recipe for Kourambiedes, which are crumbly, buttery Greek almond cookies. I have a pretty basic cookie jar, because I like to be able to see my cookies. In fact, I have a bunch of these jars at home filled with everything from pasta and rice to flour and sugar. This is [...]

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Koi Plates

Wednesday July 16th 2008

Normally, I like really plain plates, to keep the focus on the food, but these are really nice. Koi in a Fountain dessert plates are available online from Anthropologie for $12 *** Copyright 2008 The Hungry Mouse™/Jessica B. Konopa. All rights reserved.

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Best Vanilla Extract

Monday July 14th 2008

It’s hard to find a good vanilla extract that has strong, true flavor—and doesn’t cost a million bucks. Vanilla is the most expensive spice in the world after saffron, mainly due to how manually intensive production is. The plants are pollinated by hand, and take about five years from the time they are planted before [...]

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