baking, pie, dessert, florida, good first recipe

Key Lime Pi day

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Pi Day comes at a bad time for making pies; apples are out of season and over the hill, and neither berries nor summer fruit have come in yet. This means that you pretty much need to make your Pi Day Pie of something which is available year-round, such as…

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party, wine, chocolate, cheese

tasting parties at home

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Tasting parties are a great foodie activity for an evening in with friends. If you stick to tastings of purchased, semi-perishable foods, then you have an activity for a weeknight party as well; you do your shopping the weekend before. The classic tastings are wine, cheese and chocolate, because they…

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pottery, glazes, safety

testing Lava Street

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Meet "Lava Street", my newest favorite glaze. This was originally called Orange Street and I got it from the Ceramic Recipes group on Facebook. I've renamed it after adjusting the formula, since on my ware and with my stuff it looks more like lava. Above is Lava Street over Faux…

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