JARRIE
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Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Sewing, Photography, Reading Books, Music
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Jun. 3, 2011 2:41 pm 
Updated: Jun. 4, 2011 3:46 pm
I was going to write up a fantastic review of a menu, but I can't make the hyperlinks work. If anyone is out there reading this and knows how, give me a quick run-through. I tried clicking the hyperlink button and pasting in the URL then clicking "ok" -- and nothing appears in my blog. Do I… MORE
 
 
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From The Blog:  From Soup to Nuts!
JARRIE's Semi-Indulgent Easy Brown Rice (October 5, 2010)
Meatball Nirvana (September 27, 2010)
Roasted Asparagus with Herbes de Provence (September 28, 2010)
Olive Oil Paninis (September 27, 2010)
Spinach & Blue Cheese Soup (September 27, 2010)
  
Baked Oatmeal Squares (September 26, 2010)
Super Sausage Gravy (Septeber 24, 2010)
Caramel Apple Dip (September 24, 2010)
Cheddar Biscuits (September 23, 2010)
Tortellini Soup (September 21, 2010)
About this Cook
My star rating: 5 STARS ***** Recipe doesn't require tweaking to taste good - cook times & temps are spot on - I'll be asked to make this again. 4 STARS **** Recipe is good, very tasty - Little tweaking is required - instructions make sense & are optimal. 3 STARS *** Recipe requires quite a bit of tweaking to match its name or intention - cook times require tweaking - method is goofy - taste is insubstantial or poor 2 STARS ** This recipe is gross but it MIGHT be my fault - This recipe is in need of tweaking to taste - Recipe is misleading (Chocolate Cake which is actually not chocolate flavored, no matter how tasty, should not come up as 5 stars on a search done for chocolate) Lastly, 1 STAR * This recipe is wrong & you must read reviews to keep from ruining your ingredients - This recipe is inedible, not due to a matter of taste, but due to biology, humans are biologically incapable of consuming this burned/salty/sour/raw whatever combo of foods. One-star ratings are rare for me.
My favorite things to cook
Desserts & yeast breads, primarily because those are what I do best. I also like making salads.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Hors d'oeuvres for Christmas Eve is probably my favorite.
My cooking triumphs
Anything that people remember later is a definite triumph!
My cooking tragedies
Most of them have had to do with MEAT! I can ruin a steak so fast...:-)
Recipe Reviews 792 reviews
Allspice Cream Cheese Frosting
You have to play around with the liquids a bit but that's true of ALL frostings. For flavor this is exceptional -- I used lemon juice in place of milk as I do in all cream cheese frostings, to preserve the tang of the cream cheese. Thanks for sharing!

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Reviewed On: Feb. 10, 2012
Beer Spice Cake
This recipe is fantastic. Doubled it made 32 cupcakes. The instructions list walnuts, which the recipe does not -- I think they'd be a good addition but I didn't use them this time (mostly because I didn't know the recipe called for them). This tastes a little bit like carrot cake, with a fantastic light texture. In fact this may become my new carrot cake base because I like the texture so much better! Thanks for sharing :)

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Reviewed On: Feb. 10, 2012
Sunny Pancakes
This review is for the sauce ONLY. I thought it was too thin & needed more sour flavor, so I wound up adding more cornstarch mixed in lemon juice. It makes a very generous quantity of sauce! This sauce has a lot of potential but isn't quite perfect for my needs yet. Thanks for sharing!

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Reviewed On: Feb. 9, 2012
 
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