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Easy Banana Cake

January 27, 2026

Roasted Cherry Tomato and Red Pepper Soup – easy vegan

January 20, 2026

Creamy Carrot Ginger Orange Soup

January 13, 2026

The Best Panettone Bread Pudding with Chocolate and Orange Marmalade

January 6, 2026

Canelés de Bordeaux

December 30, 2025

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December 23, 2025
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    lavender shortbread

    by Michelle August 24, 2012
    by Michelle August 24, 2012

    I love lavender. The delicate scent and stunning color calms me. There’s a reason lavender essential oil is used in aromatherapy! I saw it growing…

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    bacon marmalade

    by Michelle August 22, 2012
    by Michelle August 22, 2012

    What doesn’t taste good with bacon in it? Bacon continues to capture the imagination of chefs and home cooks from around the world. Rather than limiting it…

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    bumbleberry sorbet

    by Michelle August 20, 2012
    by Michelle August 20, 2012

    I love the playful images that bumbleberry brings to mind. They sound like a berry that Alice in Wonderland would have picked! However, they…

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    wild blackberry muffins

    by Michelle August 17, 2012
    by Michelle August 17, 2012

    Christie and her children Mallory and Connor came for their annual summer visit. It seems like just yesterday that they were babes…

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    before and now…

    by Michelle August 15, 2012
    by Michelle August 15, 2012

    As promised, after two years of work, here are the before and after shots of the patio area of our farmhouse. All…

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    whale bone turkey

    by Michelle August 13, 2012
    by Michelle August 13, 2012

    Inviting friends to the farm to spend the day with us is always my opportunity to play around with new recipes. Sometimes it…

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    strawberry ice cream

    by Michelle August 10, 2012
    by Michelle August 10, 2012

    Watching the stress fade from my daughters’ smiles fills me up. For three years, I’ve struggled with how to mother my adult children. Their…

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    potato salad – a feed of lobster for the city kids

    by Michelle August 8, 2012
    by Michelle August 8, 2012

    Meggie and Theo left today at 4 am. Today at 3 pm, Kaitie arrived with two of her work colleagues, Bee and Andrew.…

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    maple marshmallows

    by Michelle August 4, 2012
    by Michelle August 4, 2012

    I loved the reaction I got this week when I told the kids that I had made them homemade marshmallows. “Really –…

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    marry me

    by Michelle August 3, 2012
    by Michelle August 3, 2012

    Theo asked Meggie to marry him last night. Meg and I had spent the morning preparing all sorts of cold salads to serve…

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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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