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Recipes, DYI tips, crafts and fix-its…from a short-cut loving, time-challenged “would be” Martha Stewart.

Fabulous Fake-out Five-Minute Fudge (for the lazy gourmet).

November 27, 2007 – 11:29 am

Everyone loves fudge, but who has the time to stand over the stove? Not me. Oh, this really is yummy, rich fudge. The fake-out is that it only looks like you took all afternoon to make it–when in fact, you were only toiling over a hot stove for under five minutes.
Ingredients:

Butter (unsalted and only enough [...]

By Kathryn

Chocolate-dipped Orange Slices.

February 21, 2004 – 6:44 pm

I would like to think that in Regency times when oranges were a supreme delicacy, that this would have been just the type of decadence Eliza would have sampled at the Hogart’s rout in Rules of Engagement (chapter 5).
36 orange slices, peeled. (tip-If you can find seedless oranges, use those.)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips [...]

By Kathryn