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What is it. I will give you a hint. The young ones will like it. I like it too.

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I am going to have some guests coming from Costa Rica and from Panama City, so I baked a cake. It has been a while since I have created anything in the kitchen. I know this is true, because several have told me. Today was the day. I modified a recipe and will name the [...]

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When I moved to my current theme, I placed my link section on one of the upper tabs and removed them from the sidebar. One of the drawbacks is that I have to remember to check on some of the sites I used to look at on a daily basis. Today, I went to my [...]

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With the holiday season approaching, I thought I would share a Panamanian Christmas Cookie Recipe that I really like.
Ingredients:
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Ron Cortez (Light or Dark)

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I have found another Cooking Blog (Simple Recipes) that I like and have added it to my link list.
The blog’s current entry is for French Ice Cream – one of my favorites. This would go good with the Black Russian Walnut Cake I made the other day.

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My good friend Linda gave me a can of pumpkin for a pumpkin cheesecake I wanted to make last Christmas. Due to the amount of time involved in returning it, the can of pumpkin has turned into a Black Russian Walnut Cake that I am taking to Linda today.
I call that Kitchen Alchemy.

Recipe:
Black Russian Walnut [...]

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This is the last slice of the cake I baked yesterday. It was a hit. I am surprised that there was a slice left for today.

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Well, I did know and I baked a Kahlúa Cake.
I like this cake because it is easy and it always tastes great. I usually use pecans in the cake, but today all I had was walnuts. Don’t tell anyone.
Hope my guests get here soon because I don’t know how long I can go without [...]

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Thanks for out to Chef Melissa (the cooking diva) for a great holiday recipe combining what I think of as Pumpkin pie with cheesecake. Thanks also goes out to one of Chiriqui Chatter’s readers for providing the pumpkin. I had given up finding it in the stores in David. The recipe called for 16 oz [...]

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I decided to have my Thanksgiving today. Thursday, there was no one here to recognize my annual traditional dinner with.
I only bought a turkey breast, giblet gravy and some stuffing. Some vegetables will round out the meal. Only three people to eat everything and I don’t want any leftovers.
For dessert, I thought about pumpkin pie. [...]

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