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Persistent Cookie
@persistentcookie.bsky.social
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Baker, wanna-be chocolatier, Democrat. Vermonter. Everyone deserves basic health care and dignity and a place to call home. #MeidasMighty
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I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with pecans and dried cherries. They're really good. #Baking #Cookies #Foodies
Baked cookies sitting on a wooden cutting board.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The last thing you'll see
Close-up pic of a cockatiel, looking menacing (but really not)
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Pig Shots. Keilbasa wrapped in bacon to make a "shot glass" then filled with a mixture of cream cheese, shredded cheddar, hot sauce and bbq rub, smoked for an hour or so with Pecan wood. #Foodies #Smoking #BBQ
Picture of Pig Shots sitting on a white plate on a wooden cutting board.
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Made some Challah today. Haven't made any in years. #Baking #Bread #Foodies
A loaf of braided Challah bread, sitting on a wooden cutting board.
September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I had leftover beef short ribs so I shredded the meat, and then tucked them into a caramelized onion and Gruyère galette. Dug in before we remembered to take the pic. #Baking #Foodies #Dinner
A slice of galette on a white plate, with green beans and sauteed mushroom side dishes.
September 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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T'is but the start
of my Onion Tart
#Baking #Pastry #Foodies
Caramelized Onions in a clear container, sitting on a wooden cutting board
September 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Bought an offset smoker, now I'm going down the rabbit hole. Chicken wings for the inaugural run. Then we did ribs. Today, more chicken wings and smoked pork tenderloin for dinner. Gonna do a raspberry balsamic glaze on the pork. #Foodies #Grilling
2 racks of baby back ribs, fresh off the smoker, glazed with barbecue sauce.
July 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Good morning, everyone! Have some chocolate-filled croissants on me! I love to bake, it's my escape from reality.
Four croissants sitting on a wire rack, on a wooden cutting board.
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Working on some mini cream puffs today. I'll fill them with Namelake chocolate pastry cream, and drizzle with dark chocolate ganache. #Baking #Pastry #Dessert
Choux pastry cream puffs fresh out of the oven, cooling on a baking sheet.
July 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Improvised a shortbread bar cookie bc I had leftover fudge sauce. Used a basic almond shortbread recipe, added sweetened condensed milk and melted chocolate to the fudge sauce filling, and used leftover "almond crunch" from a strawberry entremet that I made a week ago. #Baking #Cookies #Foodies
A bar cookie sitting on a white plate
July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Strawberry Cheesecake Almond...thingies. I don't know what to call them. They were good, though. #Baking #Foodies #Dessert
Two small brandy glasses with layers of almond cream cake, cheesecake, strawberries in sauce, almond crunch, topped with swirled whipped cream.
June 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Blueberry Streusel Muffins that were supposed to be for breakfast but will now be an afternoon snack because I'm lazy today #Baking #Food #Pastry
Blueberry muffins sitting on a wire rack, cooling
June 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Devils on Horseback. Came out really well. Dates poached in wine, then stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese, wrapped in bacon and baked. I reduced the poaching liquid and added some mustard, dotted it on the plate as a sauce. #Foodies #Cooking
On a white plate: Dates poached in wine, then stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese, wrapped in bacon and baked. I reduced the poaching liquid and added some mustard, dotted it on the plate as a sauce.
May 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Made some honey roasted cashews this morning. www.copymethat.com/r/kyh8y3hymv...
Honey roasted cashews, a glistening golden honey color, in a square white bowl on a burgundy countertop.
May 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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More airbrush work, cocoa butter too thick to spray correctly. But I sort of like the pattern. And I'm pleased with the way the rose turned out. #Chocolate #Foodies
A small chocolate square bonbon, with a pale pink rose, with a spattered white background, some of the dark chocolate showing through the background.
April 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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More bonbon work. I wanted the peach background to be a little paler. #Chocolate #Foodies
Chocolate bar bonbons, with shades of violet, white and blue, on a peach background.
April 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Trying my hand at painting chocolates with colored cocoa butter. It's a challenge working in such a smaller space than I'm used to, and having to keep the cocoa butter at a working temperature. But overall, I'm pleased with my first effort. #chocolate #foodies
A chocolate coin, painted with lavender, blue and slate green cocoa butter that looks like an abstract flower.
April 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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First attempt at airbrushing cocoa butter for bonbons. Not perfect, but not bad. Got a good shine on most. #chocolate #foodies #handmade
Capsule-shaped bonbons, purple on one end fading to sky blue.
March 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Orchid’s blooming!
March 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Fairly new to orchids, but I'm so excited that I managed to nuture my first orchid well enough for it to rebloom. #ProudOrchidMama
A Moth Orchid with two newly-opened blooms and several buds that will open within the next few days. The flowers are white on the outer petals, and inside they are spotted pink and in the very center a dark purple color. They are called moth orchids because the flowers resemble a moth's wings.
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Cinnamon pecan crunch coffee cake. Sour cream recipe, and used reverse-creaming to keep the cake tender and fluffy. #Baking #Foodies #Cooking
An 8x8 pan with a streusel-topped coffe cake, sitting on a stovetop to cool.
March 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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When you drive in Vermont, please read all the road signs. #Vermont
A road sign that reads "Legal Load Limit 16,000 Pounds" and another sign underneath that reads "Your GPS is Wrong"
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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💙💙 The Vermontiest Sign #Vermonter #Resist
A protester holding a sign that reads "JD Vance puts his cast iron skillet in the dishwasher" (Which, if you know cast iron, you should never do because it rusts).
March 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 2 days ago.
A sandy beach with volcanic rocks at the shoreline
February 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Made some double-chocolate biscotti with chocolate we made in Cozumel, Mexico. What a vacation. #Baking #Chocolate #Foodies
Chocolate biscotti cookies sitting on a wooden cutting board.
February 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM