Tag: dessert

Lisa’s Cherry Cheesecake Bars
December 20, 2020

Lisa’s Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Filled with antioxidant rich cherries and gluten free too, Lisa’s Cherry Cheesecake Bars will make your dessert table shine.

Baking, Cheesecake, Cherry Cheesecake, Christmas Desserts, Comfort Food, Gluten Free Desserts, Healthy Desserts
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by Robin Sparks
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Strawberry Cardamom Sauce
November 20, 2020

Strawberry Cardamom Sauce

Cannot quite fathom that the holidays are almost upon us. Seems like 2020 is lasting 24 months, 18 at a minimum. Although, it has not been entirely terrible, for example I made this Strawberry Cardamom Sauce for a friend’s birthday. But what is up with …

African American Heritage Diet, Popular Culture
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by Robin Sparks
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Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
November 8, 2020

Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches are the adult version of your childhood treat.

2020 Presidential Election, dessert, ice cream, Popular Culture, President of the United States
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by Robin Sparks
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Chocolate Laced Triple Ginger Cookies
November 2, 2020

Chocolate Laced Triple Ginger Cookies

I believe I am known as a talker. The actions that occurred in North Carolina over the weekend have nevertheless rendered me virtually mute. Yet, I realize I have to resist the urge to shut up and cook. If police feel embolden enough to pepper …

2020 Presidential Election, African American, African American Heritage Diet, Popular Culture
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by Robin Sparks
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21st Century Tales
July 19, 2020

21st Century Tales

I used to tutor Brown, Black and White elementary school children in after school programs. The first Black principal in Tucson Unified School District, Dr. Anna Jolivet used to be the principal at a school I tutored at; her husband Clarence Jolivet was a descendant …

African American, African Diaspora, African Heritage Diet, dessert, Gluten-free, Healthy Snacks, Plant Based, Plant Based Eating, Popular Culture, Smoothie, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian
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by Robin Sparks
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Hibiscus Ice Cream Float
June 17, 2020

Hibiscus Ice Cream Float

Many of you are probably too young to know it, but there was a song by Tower of Power that came out in 1976 that has been running through my mind tonight. The hook goes: I can’t to see the slaughter but still I eat …

Africa, African American, African Diaspora, African Diasporic History, African Heritage Diet, Cooking, Cuisine, dessert, Hibiscus, ice cream, Mexico, Popular Culture
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by Robin Sparks
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