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Chocolate Chunk Pecan Slab Pie Recipe

Before I start talking about pie, my Thanksgiving ebook is available and here to help you!  It’s a PDF with over 100 of my best Thanksgiving recipes, tips and tricks
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Sweet Noodle Kugel Recipe

I make my mother-in-law’s recipe for sweet noodle kugel once a year. Everyone loves it and I do not deviate from it to try to make it less rich or
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Pistachio-Crusted Salmon Recipe

This is a great salmon recipe for Easter or Passover, but there’s an evergreen quality about it that makes it perfect for anytime of year. It’s impressive enough to serve
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Olive Oil Yogurt Cake with Citrus Glaze Recipe

I taught this cake last year in a Mediterranean-inspired class and it quickly became a favorite.  If you are skeptical about olive oil in a cake, try it!!  It’s a
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Vegetarian Mushroom Wellington Recipe

I hope you are having a lovely holiday season!  Hubs and I are so enjoying being with all the kids.  There is truly nothing better. Once the kids leave, you
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Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe

It’s cookie season! I’ve actually never been to a cookie exchange, but I know many people participate in that tradition. Cookies are fun to decorate and to gift to others.
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Seven Fishes Seafood Salad Recipe

My family is Italian which means seafood for Christmas Eve!  I’m not sure where the tradition originated to serve “seven fishes” on Christmas Eve, but we generally serve more than
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Skillet Latke Recipe

You don’t have to celebrate Hanukkah to love latkes, also known as potato pancakes.  What could be better than lacy potatoes and onions made crispy in oil? I think they’re
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I come from a large Italian-American family with 28 first cousins (on one side of the family!) where sit-down holiday dinners for 85 people are the norm (how, you might ask – organization! But more on that later …).

Some of my fondest memories are of simple family gatherings, both large and small, with long tables of bowls and platters piled high, the laughter of my cousins echoing and the comfort of tradition warming my soul.

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