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    homemade herbed boursin – so easy

    by Michelle July 10, 2015
    by Michelle July 10, 2015

    SAY ‘CHEESE’ Making your own homemade herbed boursin is super easy. Room temperature cream cheese, a little whipping cream, garlic, a mixture…

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    peanut butter cream cheese pie – my love language

    by Michelle July 6, 2015
    by Michelle July 6, 2015

    My love language is food. What’s yours? Saturday, while I was preparing food, I thought about how much I enjoy cooking. Every…

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    pico de gallo

    by Michelle July 3, 2015
    by Michelle July 3, 2015

    Pico de Gallo – we eat this sh#t on everything! I know I’m stealing that line from a popular hot sauce, but…

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    how to grill the perfect burger

    by Michelle June 30, 2015
    by Michelle June 30, 2015

    RESIST THE URGE TO SQUEEZE! Something profoundly primal happens to me when I hear the sizzle and crack of our bar-be-cue. The…

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    the grange of prince edward – romancing the rents

    by Michelle June 22, 2015
    by Michelle June 22, 2015

    What to have… Sara and Josh treated Ralph and I to a dazzling tour of the family run wine estates in Prince…

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    banana chocolate chip skor bit muffins

    by Michelle June 18, 2015
    by Michelle June 18, 2015

    For the last two weeks, an increasingly pervasive, sweet fragrance saturated the air in my kitchen. Not from the stone-ware pitcher of…

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    hot caprese pasta salad – a new go-to

    by Michelle June 15, 2015
    by Michelle June 15, 2015

    Hot Caprese Pasta Salad is a keeper! My Hot Caprese Pasta Salad isn’t your typical  North American macaroni pot-luck go-to. Instead of…

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    farmhouse living – have a peek

    by Michelle June 11, 2015
    by Michelle June 11, 2015

    Welcome to my farmhouse. Over the winter, several of my cooking workshop participants told me they love when I write about and…

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    lovage cream for grilled summer veg

    by Michelle June 8, 2015
    by Michelle June 8, 2015

    I’ve always been fascinated by internal clocks. The involuntary time piece in our brains or hearts set to alarm us when the…

  • ice cream and sorbets

    hot fudge sauce – two ingredients, ready in five minutes

    by Michelle June 3, 2015
    by Michelle June 3, 2015

    An epic, two ingredient, ready in five minutes, genius recipe by Martha Stewart. The original recipe is actually a ganache [ a…

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Hey there, welcome to Bite by Michelle, the place where I celebrate food, love and life. My name is Michelle Hooton. I’m a self trained chef, photographer and writer all of which happened because of this blog. I’ve been cooking for 50 years. It’s crazy to say that out loud but true. Somewhere in the thousands of recipes I’ve tested and food that I’ve made, I realized, there is always something that sets a recipe apart from all the others. A particular ingredient or a secret technique that takes an ordinary dish to extraordinary - good food to great food. This is where I share secrets to great food and stories about life. Glad you found me.

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