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Waking Up to Aaron's Chocolate Chip Cookies with Guittard Chocolate

A Wonderful Christmas in a Strange and Unusual Year

Merry Christmas!  I hope all of you are doing well and that your celebrations  were filled with happiness, laughter, and good food! For our part, this year marked the 20th Christmas that Aaron and I have spent together.  Like every one of those other Christmases, it was one of the best days of my life (despite the unusual circumstances and challenges this year has brought).  We decided that with the world feeling so uncertain, and the need to remain socially distanced from others, it would be the perfect opportunity to stay home, wear knitted sweaters and jeans, and enjoy a classic early-to-mid twentieth century dinner; pure, old-school comfort food that envoked a sense of warmth and safety, friends and family, prosperity and peace.  

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Aaron Made Croque Madame Sandwiches for Brunch Close-Up with Broken Egg

Croque Madame and Cotton Candy Grapes

Walk into a French café and you might discover a dish called Croque Monsieur, which translates as “Mr. Crunch”.  Add a sunny-side up egg on top and it becomes a Croque Madame, or “Mrs. Crunch”, the gender shift occurring because the egg resembles the sort of hat women would frequently wear in a by-gone era.  Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame can range from the easy and convenient to the rich and decadent depending on the money, time, and calories you are willing to sacrifice.

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Daelmans Stroopwafels

Stroopwafels Have Become My Obsession

I want to officially thank the people of The Netherlands for one of their greatest contributions to human civilization: the Stroopwafel.  How I managed to go 36 years of life without ever experiencing the joy that is this amazing combination of toasted waffle, caramel, cinnamon, and vanilla is beyond me.  My Stroopwafel obsession has gotten to the point that Aaron laughs at me because I just can’t help myself.  It’s so bad that because I try to limit my daily consumption of sugar, I actually look forward to going to bed just knowing that I can get up and have another Stroopwafel.  This is out of control.

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Joshua Kennon Beef Stroganoff Recipe Post Header Image

Trying a Beef Stroganoff Recipe at Home

Sometime within the last week, Aaron and I were talking and he brought up a dish many of you will probably remember: Beef Stroganoff.  We talked about how it seemed like nearly everyone raised in the 1980s and 1990s (at least in the Midwest) ate it regularly, often of the Hamburger Helper variety.  It was ubiquitous, reaching worldwide popularity after emerging from Russia during the 19th century.  You could not get away from this stuff – you ate it at home, you ate it when visiting family or friends, you at it at school, you ate it at church events.

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