Deborah B
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Home Town: Denver, Colorado, USA
Living In: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Painting/Drawing, Wine Tasting
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Sep. 6, 2009 12:02 am 
Updated: Oct. 31, 2009 3:00 am
She's making incredible progress, folks!  Bear in mind, these are scans of photographs, so they're not the greatest, but you can get a general idea of what it's shaping up like.  Also, the whole thing will be bound with a three or four inch red trim on all four sides when it's… MORE
 
 
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Pumpkin Spice Cake I
2nd batch, not much better!
AFTER baking!
  
Bakerella's Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chunk "Cookies"
Eighteen pounds, ready for the freezer.
The characteristic Hatch "H"
Score!
Boilermaker Tailgate Chili
About this Cook
I'm a Colorado native: born here, raised here, raised my kids here, but am determined NOT to die here as well. (I love Colorado, but enough is enough!) I'm married with a 25-year-old son and 18-year-old daughter, both of whom have flown the coop. I have a faux-finishing/decorative painting business that doesn't keep me nearly busy enough with the lousy economy, so I can be found on the Recipe Exchange just about 24/7.
My favorite things to cook
Mexican and Italian dishes, hands down. I can't get enough of either cuisine. I also love freshly-baked bread, but I cheat and use a breadmaker. Just ordered "Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day," so I hope to change that.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Cranberry Coffee Cake and freshly-juiced apple/OJ on Thanksgiving and Christmas morning. My Dad's popcorn balls on Halloween. Potluck brunch on Easter.
My cooking triumphs
I have three dishes that friends and family love and request often: Pizza Margherita on a semolina crust; Green Chili w/ Pork (spicy enough to clear out even the most stuffed up sinuses); and regular old tacos using soft-fried fresh corn tortillas. Two other dishes that I'm personally proud of for getting "just right" after lots of experimentation are Chicken Marsala (very much like Carrabba's) and Vodka Rustica (even better than Macaroni Grill's, IMHO).
My cooking tragedies
Only 1000 characters allowed?!?!? Okay, I'll just go with my first and last tragedies. My first was the first meal I cooked for my Dad and Stepmother after I got married many, many, mannnny years ago. It called for 2 tsp of salt and I put in 2 TB. Eeeek! The most recent tragedy was baking a 9"x9" cake in an 8"x8" pan. Whattamess! (And it's all Nobody'sGirl's fault for embroiling me in her quest to replicate Costco's white sheet cake.)
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Boilermaker Tailgate Chili
This chili is recommended more than any other chili recipe on the Recipe Exchange, so I had high hopes. Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed as I found this to be pretty "Eh." There's really no spicy-heat and it's also a tad too sweet for my tastes.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 12, 2009
Sue's Hot Fudge Sauce
Mmmmm, good. I doubled the cocoa and (inadvertently) used 1/2 cup less sugar than called for and it was just a quarter step away from perfect. Next time I'm going to add some instant coffee crystals to see if I can nudge it that quarter step into perfection.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 25, 2009
Nikki's Steak Saltimbocca
I made this back in December of last year, before I became an "AR Addict." Now that I AM an addict, I know to read several of the "most helpful" reviews for tips and hints about how to tweak recipes for my own tastes. Since I did make this exactly as the recipe directed, I wasn't overjoyed. I found the sage overpowering and they definitely took a lot longer to cook than stated, which made the rest of my meal cold by the time they were done. Other than that, it's a good jumping off point for saltimbocca, so thanks for the recipe, Nikki.

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Reviewed On: Sep. 20, 2009
 
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