Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

This pie only confirms a universal truth: chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. Nested between a chocolate crumb crust and a smooth ganache is a peanut butter cheese cake.  It’s hard to imagine a more delicious combination… This is one of the more ingenious recipes in Joy of Cooking.  Chocolate Peanut Butter [...]

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Lotus land linguine

Flipping through rebar: modern food cook book, I was captivated by the name of this linguine.  The recipe looked perfect for dinner with peanut-loving vegetarian friends.  I followed rebar‘s hint to make the sauce rich and creamy by adding equal amounts of canned coconut milk.  I also added fried golden tofu to boost the protein content. [...]

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Peanut sauce with ginger, lime and cilantro

The last few weeks have been busy.  My good friend Dora came to visit from Toronto, and we had a lovely time exploring Halifax and environs. We even had an opportunity to peruse Nova Scotia’s Ice Wine Festival, including a sampling with chocolate.  Then I was off visiting my sister in Montreal – and while [...]

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African yam & peanut soup with ginger and pineapple

Despite sleeping for over 10 hours, I woke up Saturday morning with a stuffed-up head and a mild fever.  Looks like Halifax’s wet winter has finally gotten the best of me.  I decided the thing to do – between naps in bed and watching the West Wing – was to make a large pot of [...]

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Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting

I am a well-known peanut butter lover (case in point: as I type this, I am munching away on a peanut butter cookie). So when my friend’s birthday rolled around, I volunteered to make a birthday cake.  Flipping through an old Joy of Cooking, I came across a recipe for peanut butter cupcakes.  Now, I [...]

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Celebratory coffee and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing

This post comes to you at a time where I have seen more than my share of boxes, dust-induced sneezes, and tired road trips back and forth from our apartment and our parents’ homes. I can’t thank them enough for their help. I want it to end. Please, boxes, can you unpack yourselves on your [...]

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