Lizzie Hessek
A Tale of Two Valleys
I've been part of a wine club with friends from grad school for over 5 years now. The wine club has survived jobs starting and stalling...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 22, 2018
- 5 min
The Eclade de Moules, or the most dramatic way to cook mussels.
I love mussels. I love most shellfish, in fact. Scallops, oysters, lobsters, clams... if you have a hard shell and a soft body, I...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 24, 2017
- 3 min
Gold Plate Your Food!
Have you ever been eating a delicious piece of cake and said to yourself, "This cake is good, but it would be so much better if it were...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Dec 23, 2016
- 3 min
Christmas in the North Pole!
Are you looking for a quirky theme for your Christmas dinner? Perhaps a last-minute effort to spice up your holiday? Have you run through...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Oct 7, 2016
- 3 min
Baking & Beer : le Cake!
Lately, I've been feeling rather meh about - you know - everything. It's been a lot of this face: My question is: can you suffer...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 19, 2016
- 3 min
Baking & Beer | Grilled Bourbon Peaches
Happy Friday! We made it through another week! I've mentioned already how ambivalent I am to the season we call summer. One additional...
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Lizzie Hessek
- May 27, 2016
- 3 min
Baking & Beer: I Curdn't Resist (Dairy Free!)
Welcome to a dairy-free edition of Baking & Beer! "Dairy free??" I hear you say, "But, Lizzie, you love butter more than anyone I know....
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Lizzie Hessek
- May 18, 2016
- 5 min
Agar-Agar: Jello for Grown-ups
I should start this post by letting you all know that my deathbed meal - the last food that I want to savor before I leave this world one...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 21, 2016
- 5 min
Baking & Beer | To-Die-For Chocolate Tart
Welcome back to Baking & Beer - Monday edition! I had really good dinner game last week, guys. Between work events paying for my fancy...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 22, 2016
- 3 min
Gingko Nuts: I Think I am Doing it Wrong.
There is a grocery store Rachel and I love to go to in Philadelphia called Hung Vuong. This is a magical place that has something for the...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 15, 2016
- 6 min
Baking & Beer | Chocolate Mousse Cake
Well, Valentine's Day has come and gone, and I took none of my own advice. Instead, Rachel and I pretty much slept all day. And that, my...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 7, 2016
- 5 min
Baking & Beer | 3 Ingredient Foolproof Crêpes!
Hello and welcome back to Baking & Beer! In this post we are going to demystify crêpes! Let me tell you some of the ways that crêpes are...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 30, 2016
- 6 min
Baking & Beer | Baguettes!
So we are a day off of our normal Friday Baking & Beer edition, but it's been a weird week. With all the snow that hit the East coast, I...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 27, 2016
- 6 min
The Best Snow Day Fried Chicken
Hello from the winter wonderland that is Philadelphia! Ok, so most of the pretty snow has gone away and I am left only with the memories...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 22, 2016
- 5 min
Baking & Beer | Long Live the King Cake
Hello and welcome to the third installment of Baking & Beer! In this series we crack open bottles like we crack open eggs. I'm going to...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 15, 2016
- 4 min
Baking & Beer | Puff the Magic Pastry
Ok guys. I was really hoping to post the recipe for a Galette des Rois on Baking & Beer today (It's our special January cake!), but let...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 12, 2016
- 3 min
The Greatest Food Bar of All
I'm not going to keep you guessing. It's a meatball bar. I am a big fan of food bars at parties. I like the variety, the you-do-you...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 8, 2016
- 6 min
Baking & Beer! | I "Choux's" You!
Welcome to the first edition of Baking & Beer! Tell me - how do you spend your Friday evenings? I get to the end of the week and i...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 6, 2016
- 4 min
Learn to Cocktail: Rusty Nail and Rob Roy
Some things I don't know how to do I am more than happy to let other people do for me. Changing a tire, for example. Other things I don't...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Dec 31, 2015
- 3 min
Tiny, Delicious Homeowners
On the Sunday after Christmas, I decided it was high time to make a gingerbread house. I know what you are thinking. "The Sunday AFTER...
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