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The classic French dessert.

Soft Portuguese Sweet Bread recipe

Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake recipe

Pumpkin Cream Pie recipe

Chocolate Banana Bread recipe

Enjoy these seriously chocolaty and mouth-watering cookies without feeling guilty.

Because the chocolate is the star in this recipe, spring for the good stuff, like Valrhona or E. Guittard. You can enjoy the muffins as a snack, or at brunch with some crème fraîche or clotted cream instead of normal muffin accompaniments.

This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great at Christmas time.

Easy to make and delicious cookies that are perfect for the kids lunches for school.

A Jibarito is a Puerto Rican sandwich popular in Chicago. This is my adaptation of Jeff "Sandwich King" Mauro's recipe.

There are hundreds versions of this very Polish soup. Here you have an original proposition of mine. I used to cook it on the base of my favorite duck and chicken stock. The cream is a must to create wonderful pink color. Optionally you may add a quarter or a half of hard boiled egg to your bowl. By the way, I change my recipe sometimes, for instance by adding dried California prunes instead of sugar, or by adding some white vinegar instead of lemon juice.

I always have the ingredients on hand to make these. Plus, they are "healthy" because they have oatmeal!

A chocolaty, moist and delicious cake that's easy to make and everyone loves.

Warm applesauce is cooked with a bit cinnamon and maple syrup, then filled into the folded whole wheat crepes. These delicious yet healthy crepes are ideal for breakfast. Make a bunch of crepes, store in an air-tight bag or container, then freeze them. Now you have the ready-to-go breakfast, a bit applesauce makes it to a whole new level.

Fruity jam is deliciously paired with the buttery and flakey cookies. You will fall in love with these fruit bars from the first bite on.