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Korean Chicken Wings with Gochujang

04/25/2012 |

A few years ago I ran across a cookbook with recipes from all the popular Korean restaurants in Los Angeles.…

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A piece of chocolate cake with white and dark chocolate chips on top.

Really, Really Good Brownies ~ Bourbon-Doused with Black & White Icing

04/23/2012 |

I rarely crave chocolate. Not my thing. But about a week ago I got this yen for brownies. You know,…

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A plate of food with meat and vegetables on it.

Moroccan Chicken with Harissa, Carrot Puree, Black Oil-Cured Olives and Orange Butter Sauce

04/11/2012 |

Have you ever opened a food magazine, seen a photograph of a dish and knew you had to make it…

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A stack of tomatoes on top of each other.

Studio Lighting Food Photography Class with Professional Food Photographer Christina Peters

04/02/2012 |

Isn’t this an outrageous photograph? The size? The colors? The sharp focus? This photo is not about a recipe, although…

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A bowl of corned beef, carrots and potatoes.

Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day

03/21/2012 |

I am writing my story about Corned Beef and Cabbage today, because on St. Patrick’s Day I was cooking, photographing…

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A plate of food with pasta and sauce on it.

Shrimp Veracruz with Green Olives & Capers and Tortillas Robed in Pumpkin Seed Tomatillo Sauce

03/18/2012 |

I’ve had this recipe for many years and really never thought about its origin, other than it was in my…

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Four chocolate cookies with green frosting on a plate.

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with Matcha Filling

03/15/2012 |

St. Patrick’s Day will be here in less than a week on Saturday, March 17, so I thought I would…

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A plate of food with meatballs and sauce.

Lamb & Shrimp Kabobs with Red Harissa

03/04/2012 |

I love lamb in all its guises. So when I ran across this Lamb & Shrimp Kabobs with Red Harissa…

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Six golden-brown, twisted pastries on plate.

Twisted Cookies ~ With Rolled-In Sugar

02/26/2012 |

My Mom and I made Twisted Cookies for the first time in 1959 from a recipe printed on the inside…

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A plate of food with meat and vegetables on it.

Cauliflower Steak with Mushrooms & Hee Hee

02/15/2012 |

Ok, let’s get the obvious out of the way first: what in the heck is Hee Hee? I first learned…

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A woman with glasses smiling for the camera.Hello! My name is Lynne Hemer, and I am a woman obsessed with food and cooking, in search of new, unusual, exotic, and sublime ingredients and recipes. I love reading cookbooks, taking cooking classes, going to restaurants, photographing food, and blogging about it all! I hope you enjoy my website as much as I enjoyed creating it.

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