Cranberry Pecan Muffins

Cranberry Pecan Muffins

While baking these beauties, I pondered where do you draw the line between a muffin and a cupcake?  While a muffin might be considered healthier than a cupcake, once you start adding ingredients such as chocolate and streusel-like toppings or glazes it starts to resemble a cupcake.  And, when you use cupcake liners for muffins…

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Spicy Greek Cheese Spread (Tyrokafteri)

As I write this post, hurricane Sandy (not meant to touch land until this evening) is already being felt in NYC.  We were in the city last night for a wedding and stayed overnight but by 9am it was almost next to impossible to get a cab…thankfully, though, we managed to hail one.  So with…

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