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Chocolate Chip Slab Cookies
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Chocolate Chip Slab Cookies (Louise Sandford, adapted from the Best of Bridge Cookbook)

  • by Mary Bailey
  • Posted on November 12, 2025March 30, 2026

“This is a recipe that is truly simple and so tasty! When I was a little girl, my mom used to make these chocolate chip cookies; my sister and I would go nuts over them.” – Christine Sandford, Vagabond Pop Ups

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Recipe of the week: Chef Caputo’s risi e bisi
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Recipe of the week: Chef Caputo’s risi e bisi

  • by Mary Bailey
  • Posted on June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Fresh peas are at the farmers’ markets right now. It’s a short season; make this easy and delicious Venetian classic to take advantage of their tender sweetness

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    Chicken and Carrots

    • by Gunnar Blodgett
    • Posted on July 21, 2017

    “My adopted mother, God bless her, used to make this for me with love. What…

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      Spaghetti with Anchovy and Pangrattato

      • by Gunnar Blodgett
      • Posted on July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

      “Actually, this dish is more about my father and I. It is one of the…

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        Salmon Gravlax

        • by Gunnar Blodgett
        • Posted on July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

        “Growing up in a Scandinavian community, salmon gravlax made an appearance at every social get…

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          Caldo Tlalpeno (Tlalpan Chicken Broth)

          • by Gunnar Blodgett
          • Posted on July 21, 2017

          “This is well-balanced dish; the aromas and flavours are still in my mind. It was…

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            Cheddar Biscuits

            • by Gunnar Blodgett
            • Posted on July 21, 2017

            “We used to bake these biscuits when I would come home from primary school. They…

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