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Feb 12, 2007

It's Almost Valentine's Day!

For Valentine's Day, with a cookie cutter and these easy chocolate recipes you can create your own gifts.
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I am a cookbook author and professional Home Economist who has created and tested recipes for major food companies like Pillsbury and Malt-O-Meal since 1987. I've also written articles for Woman's Day magazine, was the 2004 holiday spokesperson for Arm & Hammer, and was a guest expert on the 'Ask Heloise' radio program. My recipes will appear in Good Housekeeping's "Quick and Simple Magazine" beginning January 2006.

I have a degree in Biology from St. Olaf College, and a degree in Food Science with High Distinction from the University of Minnesota. I'm also the Busy Cooks Guide for About.com

I worked on the Pillsbury Bake-Off five times in the 1980s and 1990s, in the test kitchens, assisting food stylists for public relations photography, and as the Manager of the Search Team. I have written five cookbooks. The first two, The Everything Meals for a Month and The Everything Tex Mex Cookbook, from Adams Media, are available everywhere. The third, The Everything Quick and Simple, 30 Minute, 5 Ingredient Cookbook, will be available November 1, 2006. You can find all of them on Amazon.com. My fourth is being copyedited by Rowman Littlefield, and the fifth is being typeset by Adams Media. I'm currently at work on my sixth book.