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Chocolate Truffles with Orange and Earl Grey Tea

My artisan chocolate trials are continued! I really liked the Earl Grey taste in my previous hand-dipped chocolates, so I used tea again in these truffles. I also added orange zest to strengthen the bergamot flavor. Unfortunately, I messed up the kitchen again, but I am happy now eating my truffles and drinking the beautiful [...]
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Muffins with Honey: Suprisingly Good!

This is another impromptu cake I just made up and it didn’t embarrass me. I saw the bananas which are started to go black, and decided to use them in what I do best: muffins! I also added the chocolate chips I just bought from the coffee shop near my house (I usually use chopped [...]
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My First “Successful” Onion Soup

It was only a year ago when we first had onion soup in Paris with my mother. It was a traditional French onion soup with beef stock and large onion slices that can be seen inside the soup. Back in Turkey, I ate some other onion soups, and tried to cook it using beef stock. [...]
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My “Famous” Carrot Cake, to Begin With

It was only three years ago when I first started cooking. I started with simple vegetable dishes, and moved to desserts as I gained some confidence. And the very first cake I made was from a carrot cake recipe I found in AllRecipes. Unfortunately, the results came out to be quite miserable. My carrot cake [...]
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