Dec 2018 – Sugar ‘n Spice and Everything Nice! – Dorie Greenspan Recipes, Seasonal Recipes

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SUGAR ‘N SPICE and EVERYTHING NICE

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Celebrate  the Holiday Season

December offers a wonderful opportunity for us to embrace our differences and enjoy our multicultural world.  Festivals and holiday celebrations stretch across various cultures and religions as a joyous time to share new and exciting experiences.

Holiday Bits and Bites

Let us gather together those fun food nibbles, smallplates, or starters for surprise guests, informal get-togethers, merrymaking, or quick “let’s have a party” groups. Have a wonderful time and kick off your party with this stylish start.  Here are some fun recipes that are sure to impress even Santa.

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Crab Bagel Chip Dippers
An appetizer with crab melt flavor and crisp chips

Crab Bagel Chip Dippers

About the Recipe: Crisp bagel chips are topped with spoonfuls of cream cheese with crab sauce, sprinkled with light meltaway peppered shredded cheese, and topped with minced green onions and roasted red peppers.  It’s perfect to serve as an informal snack or party appetizer.

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Spicy Cranberry Apple Honey Cake
Full of cranberry apple fruit flavor and glazed with sweet honey

Spicy Cranberry Apple Honey Cake

About the Recipe:  It’s a comfort snack cake that’s perfect to serve for breakfast or even as a dinner dessert. The flavor combination of brown sugar, warm spices, sweet apples, and tart cranberries create a moist tender cake.

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Italian Beef “Sandwich” Pizza
Inspired by Chicago Italian Neighborhood Street Festivals

Italian Beef “Sandwich” Pizza

About the Recipe:  Don’t you just love those Italian beef sandwiches served at neighborhood parties and restaurants?  Enjoy this recipe using your leftover tender beef and juices to make this easy pizza.  It’s ready in 30 minutes since it starts with a frozen Chicago cheese pizza as a base. Be generous with the Giardiniera.  Double Yum!

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Dorie Greenspan at the Spice House – Chicago

‘The Spice House in Chicago conducted a Dorie Greenspan Book Signing and Meet the Author Event on Nov 2nd, 2018

 

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Dorie Greenspan is welcoming the attendees to her book signing and providing insight into her development of the book and its recipes

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Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies
They have traveled the world and made millions of people happy

About the Recipe:  The cookie is a chocolate staple, a French shortbread cookie., It has brown sugar, making it chewier. It also has a generous amount of chopped bittersweet chocolate and an immediately discernible amount of fleur de sel (salt).

Link to Dorie’s World Peace Cookies

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Around-the-World Peace Cookies   

About the Recipe. -Dorie Greenspan published a recipe for World Peace cookies in several of her books.  She had a book signing event at The Spice House in Chicago in 2018. I knew that Dorie loved when someone takes one of her recipes and makes it their own, I decided to surprise her and added ingredients from all 7 continents to her recipe and gave them to her to celebrate her birthday.

She was so surprised and delighted and asked what ingredients I added.  The recipe then took on a life of its own – blending a world of ingredients in perfect harmony. It became the Around-the-World Peace Cookies.

pdf for Recipe -Around-the-World Peace Cookies

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Lake Park Bistro Dorie Greenspan Luncheon

The Lake Park Bistro in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Nov. 3rd

Dorie Greenspan Luncheon was held at the Lake Park Bistro on Nov. 3rd, 2018 with approximately 100 people in attendance.

Dorie Greenspan Interview

Dorie Greenspan speaking to group at the Lake Park Bistro in Milwaukee

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French Mini Almond Buttons
Pain De Genes Buttons taste like sweet marzipan cake-like cookies

French Mini Almond Buttons

About the Recipe: These little cake-like cookies are small, cute, and full of almond flavor. They are soft chewy cookies with a texture that’s like a combination of a pound and sponge cake. If you love marzipan or almond filling, you will really love these little buttons.

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Holiday Maple Mustard Brussels Sprouts
Packed with the flavors of maple syrup and mustard

Holiday Maple Mustard Brussels Sprouts

About the Recipe:  Tender Brussels Sprouts make a perfect side dish for the holiday season. It’s fun to buy a stalk and snap them off to steam until soft. Just a little toss in a skillet adds a few tiny brown edged crisp leaves. The maple flavored mustard glaze coats this nutritious vegetable that’s enhanced with bits of bacon and diced roasted red peppers. It’s a holiday show stopper!

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Cauliflower Tabbouleh
Perfect side dish to serve at your next party

Cauliflower Tabbouleh

About the Recipe:  The flavor of this tabbouleh made with cauliflower is so refreshing, seasoned with parsley and mint and sprinkled with crunchy almonds.  It is a perfect dish to serve at a party since it has generous portions. Your guests will think it is really made with a grain and not only cauliflower.  It’s a great way to serve more vegetables.

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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Oriental flavors highlight the natural taste of golden squash

About the Recipe: This squash soup is very different from the type served at many restaurants.  Since it uses some Asian ingredients, it pairs well with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and fresh minced herbs and is a wonderful complement to Asian inspired entrée like Miso Glazed Salmon.

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Dutch Oven Brisket with Carrots and Sweet Potatoes
An easy dinner to make in an oven or slow cooker

About this Recipe: This recipe is inspired by Dorie Greenspan’s Slow Cooker Brisket and is the definition of comfort food as the smell of the red wine permeates your kitchen with anticipated goodness. The spices add a special gourmet touch to the roasted beef.

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Moroccan Spiced Chickpea and Noodle Soup
Add meatballs or make it vegetarian

Moroccan Spiced Chickpea and Noodle Soup

About the Recipe: The Moroccan soup or stew is simple and so satisfying, and like many dishes, it’s better when served the next day.  Its roots are in Northern Africa and the spices add an exotic and delicious flavor. This Hariri traditional dish has several add-ins of pasta, chickpeas, and lentils.

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Candied Cocktail Nuts
Use fancy mixed nuts with sweet spices and maple syrup

Candied Cocktail Nuts

About the Recipe:  It has a light herbaceous flavor that is mixed with a touch of maple syrup and brown sugar for sweetness.  Add a hot tingly kick with some ground red pepper.  Perfect for that snack bowl on the table.

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French Cheese Puffs with a Twist
Add zesty mustard and crunchy nuts for a great party

French Cheese Puffs with a Twist

About the Recipe: These cute little cheese puffs are the ideal make ahead appetizer to pop into the oven as your guests arrive for your party or holiday meal. They are complemented by the twist of nuts and mustard to please even your most picky guests

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Denver Brunch Frittata
A new flavor idea for breakfast or an easy supper

Denver Brunch Frittata

About the Recipe:  This frittata combines the flavors of a Denver sandwich with ease of preparation of a frittata by including  sweet peppers, onions and ham.

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The Bethlehem Cake
Baked with Golden orange, warm balsamic Frankincense, and smoky
Myrrh flavors 

The Bethlehem Cake

About the Recipe:  The original recipe was a West Jerusalem Palestinian Christian family favorite that was baked for decades.

It inspired me to recreate this cake, highlighting the journey of the 3 Kings and adding flavors of golden oranges, sweet balsamic tang, and smoky almonds to the recipe.  The finished cake has the added flavor of snappy ginger cookies.

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