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aggiegurl
 
Living In: Houston, Texas, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean, Dessert, Gourmet
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
Work hard, play harder, cook hardest! That's my motto.
My favorite things to cook
Anything that my grandmother taught me how to cook, espically Pineapple Cake!
My favorite family cooking traditions
Learning from my grandmother how to make cornbread dressing for the holidays. We always work as a team in the kitchen and the family is always happy and our home smells great!
My cooking triumphs
New Year's Day 2006. I made an entire dinner for my BF using all of Grandmother's recipes (from memory!!). He loved every bit of it!
My cooking tragedies
I was working in Star City, Russia, and tried to bake a cake from scratch (no cake mix here). A major lack of basic ingredients resulted in a horribly pasty, floury, too sweet, flat mess that was brought to the group dinner just so we could all have a great laugh!
Recipe Reviews 4 reviews
Chocolate Caramel Nut Cheesecake
Made this for the family as one of 12 desserts for Thanksgiving dinner. Let's just say that it only lasted aobut 12 minutes before the serving tray was wiped clean! It has already been requested for Christmas! Excellent with just a couple of modifications. As stated in other cheesecake reviews, make sure that all of the ingredients are at room temperature before starting and that the cheesecake has time to sit overnight in the fridge.

5 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 30, 2007
Amaretto Cake
My boyfriend and all of our co-workers LOVE this cake! If you have problems with sogginess, then cut back, just a little bit, on the other liquids (grandma's suggestion on seeing the recipe before I made it the first time). It always comes out moist and flavorful. Topped with the glaze from this recipe, chocolate buttercream frosting, Nutella (chocolate-hazlenut spread), or ice cream, it's always a welcomed addition to the dessert table or office luncheon. Also, if the taste in the glaze is too overpowering, add a pinch of salt. It will help to mellow the flavor.

4 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 24, 2006
Sloppy Joes II
Great recipe! I added a can of tomato sauce (as some others had suggested) for more "slop". I also added a teaspoon of onion powder, a teaspoon of minced garlic, a teaspoon of paprika, a tablespoon of bbq sauce, a tablespoon of steak sauce, a tablespoon of worchestershire sauce and a few splashes of cayenne pepper sauce. Absolutely wonderful! Thanks, Tamara!

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 7, 2006
 
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