Brunost Cheese – A Norwegian Delicacy

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Brunost Cheese (0018) by Meeta K. Wolff  

I do not visit the huge hypermarket at our shopping mall very often. Most of the produce comes either from my organic store or my CSS box, while cheese, meat and other items on my grocery list are picked up at a smaller grocery store. However, recently I have been making regular trips to the hypermarket to get my hands on a very fine delicacy I first discovered on my travels to Norway last summer. 

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Chocolate Orange Cake with Salted Caramel Ganache

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Chocolate Orange Cake with Salted Caramel Ganache (0016) by Meeta K. Wolff  

It’s like living a déjà vu. My memory has records of pictures and feelings that I can aptly call up the exact position in my life I lived the moment, but I also know that the way I am living the same experience right now is different, fresh and unique. And I know this will be the last opportunity I have to relive it in this incomparable way.

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Cooking School: German Lentil and Sausage Stew

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 German Lentil Stew (0007) by Meeta K. Wolff 

Sometimes I think German cuisine is very inadequately underestimated. Fact is, there is a lot more to German food that sausages and beer. Until relatively recently the various regions of Germany were independent and autonomous communities. Prior to the national unification in 1871, Germany was divided into many kingdoms and principalities, each with distinct customs, distinct dialects and of course distinct culinary specialities.  

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Lemon Pepper Hazelnut Macarons with Lemon Curd and Goat Cheese Cream

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Lemon Pepper Macarons (0016) by Meeta K. Wolff   

The waitress, still smiling patiently, brought us another round of frothy cappuccinos, a heart drawn in cocoa on the thick froth of each cup. Clearing away empty glasses of cocktails and stained plates, she asked politely if there was anything else we desired. 

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Retrospective 2010

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Retrospective 2010 by Meeta K. WolffRetrospective 2010 by Meeta K. Wolff

Hello 2011!

We’re here, standing in a brand new year. Looking at this clean and untouched canvas that will eventually be painted in all the vivid colors 2011 will offer, I am filled with excitement. But before I take the big leap and begin painting the new year with the colors of my plans and goals, I’d like to invite you to share a retrospective of 2010.

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