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Hello, again. It's been almost a week since I've had a chance to post this recipe. This is the second dessert recipe in a row. I don't have any dinner recipes ideas to share, because we are grilling just about every meal, and at that it's simple (but tasty) fare-- grilled chicken, salmon, veggies and burgers.
This recipe was a smashing success, I tell you! Whole Foods had organic Bing cherries on sale for $2.99 a pound, and I stocked up. Originally, I wanted to bake a cherry pie. Then, I stumbled across two different recipes-- one was for a cherry-apricot tart. I had never thought of combining these two summer fruits, but I knew instantly that these would pair well together. Then, I stumbled on a recipe for a crostata at…
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