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The summer season at Lake Tahoe lasted 13 weekends this year, and we managed to soak up an impressive 11 of them.  We’d sneak out of work a little early on Friday and shoot up the mountain ahead of the … Continue reading

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We ended up with a large bag of cherries after we hit the farm stands on our way back from Yosemite a few weeks ago which frankly weren’t so great after about the third day.  The weather turned warm here … Continue reading

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Is there any part of the title of this post that sounds in any way unappealing?  Chocolate?  Honey?  Caramel?  Cookies?  If there is anyone on this planet who does not like any one of those four words, please make yourself … Continue reading

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No, I didn’t just sneeze.  Pflaumenkuchen is German for plum cake (pflaumen = plum, kuchen = cake) and this may be my new favorite dessert.  I discovered it via my friend Marc, who is indeed German.  I asked him one … Continue reading

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Here it is, the pie I made earlier this week with apples picked at Heidi and Jason’s Wondrous, Magical Wedding in Santa Cruz.  I ended up taking this pie to my office after I photographed it, and you can see … Continue reading

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