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Barbara Schaefer and MyKickAssGlass

02/14/2010 |

How often in our lives do we get to say to ourselves that we got to do a truly amazing…

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

02/12/2010 |

I LOVE chocolate chip cookies. I have been thinking about making them for a couple of weeks. To me they…

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Guest Post by Patti Londre at Worth the Whisk: Flower Pot Ice Cream Sundae

02/09/2010 |

From Lynne: Patti, from Worth the Whisk, has been so kind to do this guest post and help my fledgling…

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Corn Bread Tartlets & Linda Steidel’s Cooking Class

02/06/2010 |

I have taken a number of cooking classes at Williams-Sonoma from a wonderful teacher, Linda Steidel. I look forward to…

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

02/04/2010 |

I was trying to decide what to blog about next and realized that I have no deserts in my recipe…

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Shrimp Salad Thai Style with Gula Jawa

01/31/2010 |

Last summer I went crazy cooking Thai recipes. If it had fish sauce in it, I just had to try…

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Carrot Salad with Moroccan Spices

01/28/2010 |

Thanksgiving is the one holiday of the year where I cook a big feast for the whole family, which can…

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A bowl of chili with cheese and cilantro.

Chili Soup by Aunt Ena

01/24/2010 |

This story is one of my most precious food memories. I am one of those people who remember the first…

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Food Styling & Photography Workshop ~ Day 2

01/21/2010 |

When I arrived at Matt’s studio Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, everyone there was working on their food and setting…

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A table with some food on it and two oranges

Food Styling & Photography Workshop ~ Day 1

01/20/2010 |

In September 2009 I was reading MattBites and discovered that Denise Vivaldo of FoodFanatics and Matt Armendariz were teaching a…

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Welcome to Cook & Be Merry

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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