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Homemade Vanilla Extract

Zoë François — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:37:50 +0000

This homemade vanilla extract recipe is a fast and fun way to infuse flavor into your baking. You only need two ingredients to keep the best vanilla extract ever on hand. Vanilla extract is probably the most-used ingredient in my kitchen after flour and sugar. It is also my go-to […]

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Homemade Marshmallows

Zoë François — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:27:30 +0000

This homemade marshmallows recipe is perfect for hot chocolate, s’mores or just snacking. You’ll find ways to add extract flavors to your marshmallows, too. And don’t forget my homemade graham crackers recipe to go with them! I really, really wanted to start this post by bitching about the weather. Something […]

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French Silk Pie

Zoë François — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:09:20 +0000

When I moved to Minneapolis from Vermont, I hadn’t expected to experience culture shock. I was raised mostly in New England with stints in Northern California. Somehow, those places, as far from each other as they can get on a map, are more alike than the vast land in the […]

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Tuscan Ricotta Tart with Peaches

Zoë François — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 03:31:38 +0000

Tuscan Ricotta Tart with Peaches. I’ve met so many incredibly talented and lovely people through Instagram. That’s where I first found Giulia Scarpaleggia (and her website Jul’s Kitchen), who lives and cooks in Tuscany. Her food is gorgeous and when she told me she had a cookbook coming out, I […]

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Homemade Yogurt (Plain and Fruit)

Zoë François — Wed, 23 May 2018 18:00:12 +0000

I find myself digging into the past recently and finding recipes. My grandmother’s rugelach, cheese blintzes from the Kiev restaurant (a childhood favorite) and fresh homemade yogurt my mom used to make. We lived on a commune in VT, where we grew our own vegetables and raised a cow for dairy. […]

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Easy Homemade Jello (Fresh Strawberry!)

Zoë François — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:09:39 +0000

Why bother with homemade Jello? It’s easy to make, tastes great and is made from simple ingredients. This recipe is strawberry, but you can make yours with all kinds of flavors! Jell-O always seemed a bit like magic to me. Add water to the brightly colored, sugary powder and in […]

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S’mores – rainy days can bring sweet inspiration!

Zoë François — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:28:54 +0000

Sometimes great ideas can come from the strangest places. Who would have imagined that spending my birthday, in the rain, making S’mores with people I didn’t know could have been so much fun and such creative inspiration? In November my good friend and partner in many culinary adventures, Jen, treated […]

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