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    Murder by Cheesecake’s St. Olaf’s Cheesecake Recipe Review

    Earlier this year, a new murder mystery novel was released. There are many murder mystery novels that get published every year, but this one was different. This one is called Murder by Cheesecake and is inspired by the TV series…

    By essieofwho July 18, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Food and Cooking,  Heath/Safety,  Home,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Discovering New Alternatives for Hard Apple Cider in Recipes

    Ever since I discovered I have food allergies, I have tried my best to adjust any recipe I use to avoid my allergies. Over the years I’ve become more adapted to recognizing recipes with ingredients I can’t use and how…

    By essieofwho June 9, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Making Potato Rolls- How They Turned Out and Opinions of the Recipe

    In a previous post, I talked about how my mixer had died and that I purchased a replacement for it. The mixer problems forced me to reconsider posting about my baking progress for a while. Now that I have a…

    By essieofwho February 18, 2025
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    5 Favorite Things I Cook from Scratch to Give as Gifts for Valentine’s Day

    Valentine’s Day is the time of the year to give someone a gift to show how much you love them. Making something to give is a great way to show how much you love someone. One of my favorite things…

    By essieofwho February 14, 2025
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    My New Mixer Problems and Buying Another New Mixer

    Last year, I talked about purchasing a new mixer. I did and, after almost a year of use, it broke. What happened is that I used it to make too many heavy doughs for bread, going over the mixer’s capabilities.…

    By essieofwho February 7, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Update on My Baking Process: Mixer Problems, Bread Baking, and Deserts I Now Love

    It’s been a few months since I talked about baking bread in a post. I wanted to give a monthly update about how well I’m doing with my bread baking skills, but I ended up not. In the mean time,…

    By essieofwho June 11, 2024
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Ordering More Groceries Online and Why I’m Doing It More Frequently

    Ever since 2022, I began to order more groceries online. Whenever I say this, people sometimes believe I am placing a pickup order at a local grocery store. Instead, I am purchasing more groceries online and having them shipped to…

    By essieofwho January 19, 2024
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Update on Baking Homemade Bread: The Good, The Bad, and The Tasty Mistakes

    A while ago, I talked about my intention to make bread from scratch as well as why I’m doing it in a post. Now that I have had some time to bake bread over and over again, I can honestly…

    By essieofwho November 14, 2023

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