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Fluffernutters, or as some call them, “Liberty Sandwiches”
I’ve never heard anyone call them that, but Wikipedia lists it as an alternative name, so it must be true. I found myself making the strangest care package the other day, and decided it was time to...
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The Aisle of Ham, not The Isle of Ham, even though that does actually sound...
Those of you with me since Easter will remember the fresh ham caper. This investigation led me on a merry chase from store to store to Amish Market and ended with moderate disenchantment when I...
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“Like” Us on Facebook!
Bean Pie And Baking now has its own Facebook page separate from Happy Owl Baking and all of my BeanPieAndBaking.com blog posts will publicize there, so “Like” us on Facebook or sign up to have this...
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Cuckoo For Coconut! And Quick Pickled Cucumbers. And Thai Melon Salad.
Here’s what happened: global warming. It has been hot hot hot all over the nation and Maryland is right smack dab in the middle of it. (The heat, not the nation. Unclear pronoun reference. Deduct 5...
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The Ice Cream Man Might Drive Me Crazy
There is an ice cream man who drives his truck around my area every afternoon around the same time. He plays all the standards — “Happy Birthday”, “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” – but he adds...
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Of Shore Food, Which Is Great Fun, And Hermit Crabs
I went to the shore again. Last time, in my post “Of The Shore, Which Is A Weird Place” I found some strange and tantalizing road-trip goodies, like the funny-but-possibly-ominous chicken farm sign...
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What’s So Great About Ben’s Chili Bowl?
Ben’s Chili Bowl, a Washington, D.C. staple. There are certain places you grow up with that become frozen in time and space as favorites — even if they no longer deserve it. I found this out the hard...
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Ask And Ye Shall Receive
Adding the hot grilled peach to the freshly minted soft serve blew the aesthetic, but since I like to slurp my ice cream anyway, I didn’t mind. In my post “The Ice Cream Man Might Drive Me Crazy” I...
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Flatbreads: Griddle Me This
Brushing the naan with garlic butter There must be something in the air about flatbreads because right after I mentioned them in “ A Month of Bread Making” a blog post byThe Way The Cookie Crumbles...
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Ann’s Dari-Creme
Ann’s Dari-Creme, Glen Burnie, MD I was joking around about local hot dog spots (see “What’s So Great About Ben’s Chili Bowl?“) and mentioned I might check out Ann’s Dari-Creme in Glen Burnie, MD — a...
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Try This At Home, Kids!
There are lots of baking and pastry photos I take in my labs which don’t necessarily make it into a specific blog post. You can see these photos, and other interests, on Facebook on my Bean Pie And...
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Tax Refund Coming? Think “Pasta Maker”
I love my KitchenAid Stand Mixer. I still remember the day I brought it home, so proud and excited…I had dedicated my whole tax refund to it that year and I couldn’t be more pleased for having it. I...
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Some Pretty Pretties
The presentation tray. The Salt and Pepper bars I made are the unmarked squares on the left, but it’s the “Twix” bars in the middle which stole the show — they were amazing! I wish I had some of those...
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On The Road Again. Kinda.
After two seriously hectic weeks I closed up shop on my apartment in Maryland and decamped to Pennsylvania for the summer. Time to work on my tan. And my resume. And my interviewing skills. And, oh...
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First Up? London Broil
Some people like to cook, and some people don’t. If you like to cook, hurrah! because you’re probably going to spend a fair amount of time in your life doing it and it’s better to enjoy what you are...
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Cro-Nots and What-Not
Cro, No-Cro or Faux Cro — whatever you want to call it, it’s a fried croissant The air has been rife lately with talk about the Cro-Nut, the Cro-Not, and the myriad of imitators and imposters — what...
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Things I Learned at the Grange Fair
These cows know things are about to get jiggy at the Grange Fair. I took a little trip to the 65th Annual Middletown Grange Fair in Wrightstown, PA. I’ve never been to a Grange Fair, but I figured it...
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How Moosewood Was Lame While Niagara Falls Was Awesome
Recently I went on a road trip to Niagara Falls, Canada. I’ve been wanting to go to Niagara Falls for a long, long time, but never seem to make it. Frequent readers know that I’ve been bouncing back...
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Never Too Late for a Year-in-Review…
2014 was a heck of a year for Bean Pie. 2014 was meant to be a sorting out and sorting through; a chance to settle into my new environment and see what’s what in this world of career changing. But,...
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