Category Archives: Dessert

Thanksgiving, Family and Food. And a Recipe!

By Ben Frank | Published: November 28, 2009
I hope every­one had a great Thanksgiving. I know we did, but we almost didn’t. A few weeks ago I came down with the swine flu which then turned into pleurisy. For more than the last two weeks I have been in bed. I didn’t really leave the bed or couch unless i needed to [...]
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Apple Pie-O-Lantern and Spiked Spiced Cider

By Ben Frank | Published: October 17, 2009
With fall apon us (and threat­en­ing to sur­ren­der us com­pletely to win­ter), few things sound bet­ter to me right now than warm baked goods uti­liz­ing the fruits that are in sea­son. For dessert last night, Megan made this awe­somely adorable and sea­son­ally appro­pri­ate apple pie-o-lantern. There wasn’t much to it, store bought crust, Megan’s mom’s [...]
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Birthdays, Cupcakes and BACON!!!

By Ben Frank | Published: September 20, 2009
So, I’ve got a birth­day com­ing up this week. Apparently it’s a big one, as Tuesday is my last day of youth. At the stroke of mid­night early Wednesday morn, I will enter my 30th year. Am I wor­ried about it or stressed out about becom­ing old? No. Not really. Whether it’s 30, 40, 50, [...]
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Cookies & Cookies & Cream

By Ben Frank | Published: August 6, 2009
A home-made ice cream sand­wich made with choco­late chip cook­ies and cook­ies & cream ice cream.
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Dinner With the Parents — All of Them

By Ben Frank | Published: May 14, 2009
With Megan grad­u­at­ing from grad school, her par­ents came to town for the com­mence­ment. While they were in town we made din­ner for them and my par­ents. Megan’s par­ents alway sbring us great fresh veg­eta­bles from their gar­den and often they will give us fresh seafood as they live near the North Carolina coast. With [...]
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Mother’s Day Brunch

By Ben Frank | Published: May 10, 2009
With my par­ents liv­ing here in town, with few excep­tions i have always made her bunch/lunch for Mother’s Day instead of tak­ing her out some­where. This year was no dif­fer­ent. Megan and I made a fan­tas­tic spread that made her face and belly happy! for starters Megan made baked brie with pear honey and a [...]
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