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Aimee

Cooking has always been Aimée's preferred recreational activity, creative outlet, and source of relaxation. After nearly ten years in the professional cooking industry, she traded her tongs and clogs for cookie cutters and a laptop, serving as editor here at Simple Bites.

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Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes: A Simple Summer Appetizer

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Summer entertaining lends itself so well to simplicity: fresh produce abounds, needing little to no adornment, and the most a host should need to do is wash the produce well and serve. Since everything is so fresh and tasty so why complicate things? One of my favorite summer snacking foods are cherry tomatoes. Fresh from [...]

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Three 3-Minute Chilled Soups

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I fell in love on my honeymoon. With a cold soup. Yes, I was already head over heels with a tall engineering student, but a chilled Hungarian sour cherry soup, enjoyed on a shady Budapest courtyard with the aforementioned tall student, also captured my heart. That memorable lunch left an impression on me – on [...]

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How to Cook for a Family Reunion: Part 2 – Lessons Learned From the Kitchen

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This post is Part 2 of How to Cook for a Family Reunion. Read Part 1 here. What is hosting a family reunion like? Well, think of the biggest, most elaborate birthday party you’ve every thrown for your kids. Think of the planning, the prep, and the big day. Then string ten of those birthday [...]

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How to Cook for a Family Reunion: Part 1 – Get Ready, Get Set…

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Flipping pancakes shoulder-to-shoulder with my brother; laughing to tears at the four-year-old’s water fight; playing board games until well past midnight; a stream of dirty -yet happy- children’s faces; and choruses of “Thank you, Auntie Aimée!” – these are but a few of my favorite memories from our recent family reunion. You may recall I [...]

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Weekend Reading: More Great Canning Recipes

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Our Canning 101 series wraps up today. Are you inspired yet? I’ll tell you, I’m buying the first case of peaches that shows up at the market and I’m not stopping there. All the recipes left me itching to can! I’m ready to stop editing posts and talking about canning–I’m ready to get my kitchen [...]

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