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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I used wax paper to line a cake pan instead of parchment paper . . . it started smoking after about 15 min and I salvaged it by pouring any non-solid batter into another pan.

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Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'

I had a kids' cookbook that came with awesome, brightly colored measuring spoons. I remember making a recipe for candlestick salad that had a pineapple ring wax catcher and a half banana as the candle.

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Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'

Split a whole wheat pita and rub the outside with garlic. Toast and then broil mozzarella or provolone cheese on top, then cover with overeasy or sunny side up eggs. Salt and pepper. Yum!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I used wax paper to line a cake pan instead of parchment paper . . . it started smoking after about 15 min and I salvaged it by pouring any non-solid batter into another pan.

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Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'

I had a kids' cookbook that came with awesome, brightly colored measuring spoons. I remember making a recipe for candlestick salad that had a pineapple ring wax catcher and a half banana as the candle.

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Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'

Split a whole wheat pita and rub the outside with garlic. Toast and then broil mozzarella or provolone cheese on top, then cover with overeasy or sunny side up eggs. Salt and pepper. Yum!

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Would You Go to a Chain Restaurant on a First Date?

I recall that Amanda Hesser's first date with her now husband happened at a chain-type place . . . the company is what really matters.

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Mixed Review: Instant Miso Soup

I personally can't stand Trader Joe's brand--it has almost no flavor to me. The ones you get from an Asian market are way better--but have crazy amounts of sodum in them, too.

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Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price

I forgot to mention--if you're wedded to having an Italian, ask for it on skinny bread to lighten the load a bit.

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Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price

Chichi, next time order a skinny sandwich for $4.00 (in the DC area)--they come in turkey (my fave), ham and mushroom melt (veggie). They use 1/3 less bread, meat and cheese. Sounds perfect for you!

And yes, by all means, try the hot peppers. Mmmmmm.

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The Joys of Unnaturally Flavored Sodas

I love Fresca and Diet Vernor's (when I can find it).

Another great soda ia Coco Rico, a coconut flavored soda you can find in Asian markets (and probably Latin ones, too). It's light and delicious, but sadly does not come in diet--at least, I've never seen it in diet form.

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Cook the Book: Lemon Blueberry Buckle

I just made this recipe (it's in the oven as I type!) and I wanted to point out that you omitted the part about adding the buttermilk in 3. I googled the recipe to figure out where the buttermilk fit in (for readers who might want to know: you alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter/sugar/egg mixture). It smells delicious and I'll comment later to let people know how it works out!

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Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid

with simple syrup and fresh mint. still water normally, or sparkling if i have it.

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Your fave cheeseball recipe

Mango chutney tortes are amazing, basically a combo of cream cheese, cottage cheese made smooth in a food processor or with an immersion blender, curry powder, mango chutney, green onions and nuts (optional--some people use golden raisins, too). Anyway, you could certainly just use cream cheese, a little cream or something to loosen it up, curry powder and mango chutney, then roll in green onions and nuts. It is SO good.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I'd like to be better at Cambodian food--I'm currently such a disappointment to the family!

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French in a Flash: Tisane Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Verbena

My mom ate a lot of Chessmen and Bordeaux cookies when she was pregnant with me, and they are my favorite packaged cookies. Love them!

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Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'

I tried subbing both eggs AND oil with applesauce in a quickbread recipe. It was a mushy mess!

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Cookie Exchange -- Looking for suggestions.

mexican wedding cakes/snowballs are my favorite holiday cookie--http://www.joyofbaking.com/Mexican%20Wedding%20Cakes.html

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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey Here!

I'm making cranberry custard pie with the foolproof pie dough! Can't wait to try this vodka pie dough stuff!

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Cook the Book: 'The Cook's Country Cookbook'

Turkey meatballs in a slow cooker with a jar of grape jelly and a bottle of chili sauce. No more, no less.

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Cook the Book: Serves One

Grilled cheese or scrambled eggs with rice. Pure comfort food.

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Cook the Book: The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

I'd love to eat a lunch with Ellen Degeneres. She puts her lunches on the web and I love reading about them! http://ellen.warnerbros.com/ellens_lunch/

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

i completely botched a pineapple upside down cake. too much butter and too much pineapple led to a buttery pineapple mess... too bad cause i know its a good recipe.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I don't bake, baking scares me. One time in high school I decided to overcome this fear and suprise my mother with a pan of brownies. I hate nuts in my desserts, but she loves them so I figured I'd take one for the team and throw in the bag of walnut pieces I found in the back of the pantry. Well, she takes one bite and makes this face because apparently the nuts were rotten and the whole pan of brownies was ruined. I still don't trust nuts in baked goods and haven't thought twice about baking something since then.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

My most recent baking mistake: Making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and forgetting the oatmeal. It took an embarrassingly long time to figure out what was missing!
Not baking, per say, but the olive oil story reminded me of a time when I tried to make Annie's mac and cheese without butter. I substituted EVOO instead thinking it would taste the same (stupid). It was hands down the most disgusting pasta I've ever had.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Cakes and dogs--never a good combination. How many of us have left the celebratory creation just a tad too close to the edge of the counter, only to come home from the big meal out, mouths set for sugar, to discover that fido has once again proven his real reason for being, i.e., to grab all the available food whenever you're not looking?

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

French Bread. It never rose, it smelled weird and ended up baking into a puddle. Ate it anyway.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Anything I bake is probably a disaster, but that I why I let my wife do all the baking.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

We ordered a store-bought cake when my mom received her masters degree in writing. As we were putting the candles on, we realized it read "Congrulations!". We decided the misspelling was highly appropriate for the celebration...

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I have given up on baking. My last disaster was a loaf of rock solid rye bread with a gooey center. I can't dance either.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I was making a batch of biscotti, and underbaked the dough the first time. So after it came out of the second bake...I had stale, rock-hard biscotti. stale, rock-hard INEDIBLE biscotti. I haven't tried attempting to make them again.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I was so proud, as a teenager, to make my first unassisted loaf of bread... and discovered what happens when you leave out the salt. You just can't add it once it's baked...

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

After our first child was born my wife made me a birthday cake. She left the completed cake on the kitchen counter and went to tend to our barely 2 week old daughter.

Upon returning to the kitchen she saw the remains of the cake being devoured by our 1.5 year old Basset Hound.

My wife sat down and cried, then proceeded to make another cake.

It was a horrible happening but a memory we always share.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

A friend and I worked our way through Martha Stewart's peach and creme fraiche pie (it's delicious: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/peach-and-creme-fraiche-pie?), but when the pies were done baking, my friend accidentally flipped it upside down and it landed, splat, face first in the bottom of the oven! Good thing we made 2.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Now everytime I'm in the supermarket, I look for cakewrecks. It's amazing how many are out there!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Using olive oil in a brownie recipe. Definitely not a good thing.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

The cobbler topping of my apple cobbler wasn't getting browned, but the apples were bubbling and good to go. I was impatient so I turned on the broiler. But then left it in there for just too long. Totally burned the topping.

At least the apple was still good when I scraped off the topping.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

My friend and i were making chocolate cupcakes and right when i was about to put the pan into the oven, i tripped and i got chocolate cake batter all over me and the oven. So we had half a batch of cupcakes and after we frosted them, and put them all in a nice container, they all fell over and we had a big chocolate frosting/cupcake glob in the container

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Haha, easy -- three weeks ago, I put too much (by a LOT) Sambuca into an otherwise lovely pear cake and ended up with an inedible, chokingly-alcoholic brick; the other day, I somehow wrecked beyond repair my snickerdoodles and ended up with one paper thin layer of snickerdoodle that I cut into slices. At least those were still tasty.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Our family's classic cake wreck story: my brother's graduation cake was ordered from a bakery that was also hired to create our wedding cake. The graduation cake arrived and we tried and tried to cut through it, but we kept hitting something hard. Trying not to tear the cake up, we carefully cut away cake to find a LARGE serrated knife had been left in the raspberry filling layer of the cake. No discount was given for that error, but my Mom did get to keep the knife as a souvenir!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

intricate butter icing and hot, humid weather do NOT go together. i spent 2 hours icing spongebob and dora on my 2 year old cousin's birthday cake. by the time i arrived and unveiled my creation it looked more like a square sun with a purple, pink, light brown blob. at least it tasted alright.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

....a quick cake need....to find I was half a cup short of flour with everything else ready to go

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

no, baking powder and baking soda are not interchangable. doh!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

all i'm saying is that salt does not equal sugar in a cake recipe

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

I once made pumpkin bread with my cous and was reading out the recipe out to her step by step, but when I got to the "mix dry ingredients" part, I totally forgot to tell her to add the baking powder. The result? A lifeless piece of pumpkin-y poo.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Still no idea what went wrong, but I had a pound cake that was heaving and boiling and overflowing the pan.

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