Articles written by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen

Finding common grounds: a review of “Black Gold”

By • on January 7, 2008

How many cups of coffee do you drink during the day? Now, how many cups of coffee would you guess are consumed every day throughout the world? Not being

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Celebrating the Twelve Breads of Christmas

By • on January 5, 2008

Though the New Year has arrived, making Christmas a distant memory, I'm still lingering over my holiday baking. Normally, having focused on cookies, I'd

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The joy of cookbooks: Judith Jones’s “The Tenth Muse”

By • on December 19, 2007

When I read "My Life in France" by Julia Child a couple of years ago, I was struck by the vast effort it took to edit and publish her first book

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Baking spirits bright (and other homemade holiday gifts)

By • on December 8, 2007

Some people look forward to the holidays for the time spent with family and friends or for the thrill of giving and receiving presents. Me, I look forward

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No harm, no fowl: Vegetarian Thanksgiving favorites

By • on November 19, 2007

No other holiday seems to hold such firm sway over the hearts -- and stomachs -- of Americans as Thanksgiving. Between an enormous feast shared with family

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Acid trip: the joys of local cider vinegar

By • on November 8, 2007

I don't like to play favorites among the seasons, but autumn has a fragrant glory all its own, despite its shorter days and the hints of cold weather yet

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The plot quickens: The Children’s Studio School Garden in DC

By • on October 28, 2007

Those of us who are passionate about local foods tend to use point-by-point logical

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Getting a feel for Philadelphia’s local-food scene

Note to RSS readers: Flash-based slideshow is embedded in post. When you come from a smaller city in a rural area and your main local-foods choices consist of a couple of upscale restaurants or your own

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The grape taste of Ohio wines

I am not a wine connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, when it comes to wine, I can generally take it or leave it. I've nothing against it, mind you, and I've found that the right wine

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Saving seeds for the future: Barton Organic Farm

Though I've lived in this town through twelve summers now, I've only been a faithful farmers-market groupie for the past four or five. I'm not entirely sure why it took me so long to spend my Saturday

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Thanks a melon!

This is the third installment from our new correspondent Jennifer aka Baklava Queen, who lives in northeastern Ohio and blogs regularly at Rolling in the Dough.

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Guest post: Peaches and herbs, united

This is the second installment from our new correspondent Jennifer aka Baklava Queen, who lives in northeastern Ohio and blogs regularly at Rolling in the Dough.

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Guest post from Ohio: Seeing red

Bonnie here: At the end of June I sent out a call for new Ethicurean contributors outside the U.S. coasts, and I'm pleased to say that

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