Peach Cake with Lemon-Pistachio Streusel

Peach Cake with Lemon-Pistachio Streusel

Fruit. Nuts. Cake. Yep. You might have noticed I've taken a liking to putting fresh fruit in cakes, and while it's hard to find fresh local berries at the market these days, there's still quite a few peaches. This is a delicious way to use some of them. 

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Indigo Rose Tomato Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

Indigo Rose Tomato Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

Indigo Rose Tomatoes. This is a tomato to get excited about. It tastes as good as it looks and might even have better nutritional value to boot! This is one of the finds at the PSU farmers market this past week. 

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Potato Pancakes with Poached Egg

Potato Pancakes with Poached Egg

It's almost moving time here at home. But I wanted to get another recipe up before the kitchen is nothing more than empty cabinets and sparkling clean appliances. This wasn't the original dish I had planned. I wanted to make something we had last weekend at the Cliff House.

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Sweet Potato with Cumin Maple

Sweet Potato with Cumin Maple

I'm back from Portland as I mentioned in my previous post and I was tempted to make some kind of crazy bacon donut, or possibly an elaborate meat platter, if you've ever visited Portland you know what I'm talking about, and if you haven't let me just say the city does in fact have the best ham and bacon you will find. 

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