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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Breakfast'

Jul 13

Iced Coffee and Carrot Cake at Cafe on the Common

There are Dunkin Donuts on every corner in the Metro West area, Boston, and the state of Massachusetts in general. I’ve had too many bad experiences to return for their coffee, except if I’m driving long-distance and it’s the only p (read full article)

Breakfast, Cafe on the Common, carrot cake, coffee, Dessert, drinks, iced coffee, lunch, Restaurant Review, Restaurants

May 02

Green Tea – Jasmine Dragon Pearls from Teavana

This morning I made Jasmine Dragon Pearls (Green Tea) from Teavana.  My boyfriend convinced me to purchase this and I’m glad he did: there is definitely a huge difference between tea bags and loose leaves when it comes to green tea (and most (read full article)

Breakfast, drinks, Green Tea, Jasmine Pearls, review, tea, Teavana

Apr 30

Cloud 9 Rooibos Tea from Teavana

I love making a pot of tea in the morning. Cloud 9 Rooibos (from Teavana) is so fresh, delicious, and beautiful.  It has light citrus flavors and there are little pieces of strawberry!  I’m definitely going to enjoy this through the summer ( (read full article)

Breakfast, drinks, review

Apr 30

Scottish Cranberry Scones

These scones are not nearly as rich as other recipes I’ve used (typically ones that use heavy cream rather than sour) and they were very light and crumbly.  The recipe below is from AllRecipes.com, a site I don’t usually go to, but (read full article)

baking, Breakfast, recipe

Apr 01

Nigella’s Snickerdoodle Recipe

This delicious recipe for cake-like snickerdoodles is from Nigella Lawson’s cookbook titled How To Be a Domestic Goddess.  Nigella seems like such a wonderful and talented person – I even heard her on NPR a few weeks ago! the final produ (read full article)

baking, Breakfast, cookies, Dessert, milk, Nigella Lawson, NPR, Snickerdoodles, tea

Mar 31

Matzo Brie and Cabbage

I made up these recipes while I was cooking.  They are amazing on their own AND together.  Plus it’s Passover and you need to eat.  So try them out! Matzo Brie and Cabbage Matzo Brie Recipe There are five million ways to make matzo brie.  (read full article)

Breakfast, cabbage, cooking, Dinner, eggs, lunch, matzo, matzo brie, Passover, recipe

Mar 10

Valentines Day Brunch at The Blue Room

Yes, today is March 10.  There was a bit of a delay, but keep reading, this is entirely relevant as The Blue Room serves brunch every Sunday… Valentines Day.  I never cared much for the holiday.  This year, though, my boyfriend planned an e (read full article)

bread pudding, Breakfast, brunch, Cambridge, ceviche, cheesecake, chocolate truffle, Dessert, lunch, review

Feb 22

Jon Huck on Breakfast

A Jon Huck photograph This morning I came across photographer Jon Huck’s most recent project titled ‘Breakfast’.  He has photographed portraits of people and their breakfasts.  Sociologically, I’m been interested in factors (read full article)

artist, Breakfast, Jon Huck, Photography

Feb 16

Making a Frittata

Frittatas are one of those foods I like making at home and ordering out.  There are so many possibilities. my little frittata The frittata I made for dinner (a mini, one-person-frittata, enough for dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow) used five eg (read full article)

Breakfast, cooking, eggs, frittata, recipe

Feb 10

A Simple Breakfast – Eggs and Onions

I’ve been known to skip breakfast in favor of those few extra minutes of sleep.  Sometimes I grab a piece of fruit or a yogurt on my way to wherever I’m going, not because I want those things, but because I was always taught to not skip (read full article)

Breakfast, cooking, eggs

Jan 18

Homemade Spicy Home Fries

Well-made home fries are a great addition to even the most simple breakfast.  This morning my boyfriend made me an egg over easy (I looked this up, actually…it was an ‘over medium’ egg…the yolk was moist but not dripping) tha (read full article)

Breakfast, cooking, recipe

Jan 10

Waffles and Ikea Jam

I decided to make waffles this morning.  Eggs and bacon or pancakes are usually my Sunday Morning Breakfast staples, but my housemate recently acquired a waffle maker, so thought I’d try it! After quickly finding Emeril Lagasse’s recipe (read full article)

Breakfast, recipe

Jan 01

Ebleskiver Adventure

Happy New Year! For my first meal of the year, I made ebleskiver! Ebleskiver are traditionally of Danish origin, but, particularly due to Williams-Sonoma’s marketing of the pan used to make these pancake-like spheres, they have become increasin (read full article)

Breakfast

Dec 30

Pancakes at Cafe Madison

My mom has tried to coordinate breakfast with me at Cafe Madison for a few years. One of the main problems I have with Albany is that there are a multitude of great destinations, but with too much distance between each.  Of course, Albany has the La (read full article)

Albany, Breakfast, Madison Ave, pancakes, review

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