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Salsa Verde

In keeping with Cinco de Mayo, and to make use of the abundant harvest of cilantro from our garden, we offer for your consideration a simple and delicious salsa verde.  As with most salsas, fresh ingredients are key. Salsa Verde … Continue reading

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Public Service Announcement

Hi stranger.  Okay, so maybe we’re the strangers here.  Two kids under 2 will do that to you.  Our apologies.  But somehow in the midst of the madness we just had to get this very important information out to the … Continue reading

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The Summer Tart Reconstructed (or, a Blackberry & Fig Tart)

What do you do when the blackberries are almost out of season and you’ve rescued one last bunch from the farmer’s market . . . And in the same week your good friends give you some fresh figs plucked right … Continue reading

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A Sneak Peek into TheshoeboxKitchen

I first have to say that this attempt at videography (our first) was inspired by our food blog heroes over at notwithoutsalt.  If you want to go see some extremely artistic foodies who really know what they’re doing (and post … Continue reading

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Strawberry Ice Cream

It’s summer.  That means at least two things: 1) Time to catch up on blog posts 2) Strawberry ice cream There is nothing quite like fresh summer strawberries.  But fresh summer strawberry ice cream?  To. Die. For. So, without further … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Butterscotch Cookies

Ah, pumpkin.  We just can’t get enough. Add in some butterscotch, oatmeal, walnuts, and chocolate chips, and you end up with cookies that present you with the same dilemma: you just can’t get enough. What we really liked about this … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Doughnuts

We just love the Fall, and – like so many food lovers – we tend to go pumpkin crazy.  I mean, obsessively so.  Last year when there was the purported “great pumpkin shortage of 2010,” we went to several grocery … Continue reading

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Chocolate & Baileys Gelato

Okay, we promise this is the last post we’ll do for a while that involves an ice cream maker. Oh, who are we kidding?  It’s summer in Atlanta.  One is given liberty to enjoy one too many frozen treats. We … Continue reading

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Pineapple Banana Sorbet

A couple of weeks ago we made a fleur de lait using pineapple sage, and we couldn’t get enough of that little hint of pineapple. Fortunately the Atlanta heat gives you plenty of excuses to use your ice cream maker, … Continue reading

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Your Inspiration for the Day: BLT Heaven

Sometimes we forget how delicious something so simple can be.  Pictured above is our PC BLT.  No, we don’t mean “Politically Correct.”  Nor do we mean “Pretty Cute,” although it does photograph rather well. What’s the best way to jazz … Continue reading

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