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Chicago Dog + Rosemary Oven Fries

This is more of a method than a recipe. It’s one of those things where baseball season starts and I just crave hot dogs. And when I crave hot dogs I generally crave a Chicago dog. When you give a mouse a cookie, ya know? And so I googled and wikipedia-ed and reminisced about past tasty Chicago dogs I’ve eaten before. And this is what I came up with! So let’s make hot dogs classy! Let’s…

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Roasted Mushroom and Brie Omelets

Brie melts when you look at it! It’s just a super sensitive cheese, ya know? And it pairs with roasted crispy vinegar-y mushrooms like you wouldn’t believe. All I’m saying is, make this omelet right away. Have it for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, whenever, but mostly just make it. Take one bite and put your hands over your heart in an “I’d marry this omelet if it was the commitment type,” way. It’s ok to…

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Garlic Rosemary Bread

I’d like a slice of this big enough to be a pillow. I’d fall sleep right away! I’d wake up snacking. You see this bread is the softest. Perfect for the savoriest of sandwiches or the toastiest of toasts. And I can’t stop with Call Me Maybe jokes… like for this bread it’d be: I baked some bread, and this is crazy, but I’d like to marry it, so let’s go to the courthouse maybe. So…

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Lemon Rosemary Shortbread (revisited)

Sometimes I’m informed of rules I had no idea existed. Like how root beer should NEVER be served over ice. It’s disrespect. And once as a kid I tried to order rice and mashed potatoes as side dishes, but my grandma said that I couldn’t get two starches! Now I eat breadsticks AND pizza. Oh man. What am I doing with my life? But when it comes to rosemary there are no rules! It’s the perfect…

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Rosemary Focaccia Bread

I got pretty frustrated the other day. It happened when my kitchen lights decided to stop working. Next thing you know I was feeling annoyed, overheated and my forehead was crinkled. Two lamps plugged in later, I was back to normal and hung out with some rosemary and got my focaccia on. I took the top photo inside, but the second one outside. Those make-do lamps were making everything look really weird. Kinda like that…

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Creamy Potato Leek Soup

It’s the time of year where I start really wanting to go to the farmers’ market again. I need to remember this soup the next time I buy way too many vegetables to eat. I might’ve used the dark green parts of the leek in this soup too even though the ingredients clearly say only the white and light green parts. Oh well. I don’t always pay attention. But it turned out good! … and…

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Lemon Rosemary Shortbread

Rosemary in a cookie is equivalent to a cookie in a party dress. It’s just how it is. The shrubs outside my windows look like rosemary. One of them is growing wider and trying to block my front door. It might be happening right now. Maybe if it was rosemary I wouldn’t feel as though I’m being bullied by a shrub. When I baked the first cookie sheet’s worth of these guys, I put the…

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Mushroom Veloute topped with Buttermilk Blinis

I’m getting excited about spring. I want to be surrounded by warm green instead of cold white; I want fresh vegetables and spices in my life and in my soup. I had my friend Katie over for dinner this weekend and I was excited to give this recipe a try… Mainly because last week I discovered that “blinis” exist. And who wouldn’t want a mini savory pancake? This soup and pancake combo is pretty, luxurious…

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Rosemary Palmiers

Having a tea party soon? Totally using cups and saucers? I have the prettiest and simplest cookies yet, and they are most definately tea party material. Not to mention, rosemary in a sweet context is pretty dreamy. The original recipe includes the zest of one large lemon rubbed into to the sugar before beginning. I am going to give that a shot next time, but if you don’t have lemons on hand, these guys are…

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