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Biz Bits: North-valley walnuts find their way into Kentucky fruitcake

Enterprise-Record - Feb 12, 2012
He was responding to my Christmas column, a rather fanciful presentation about an economic plan for this area that included fruitcake and wine. Good combination, don't you think? I buy my Christmas fruitcake from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, ...

Save calories: Give chocolates to a food pantry

Wall Street Journal - Feb 16, 2012
After Christmas, Goodhue had his eye on unwanted fruitcake. But Newsday (http://bit.ly/xwe89p ) says he doesn't just look at holidays past. Goodhue notes that Girl Scout cookies will soon be flooding the market. If you get a little carried away, ...

Fruitcake's no joke, local author contends

The Bee

The Bee - Jan 31, 2012
By David F. Ashton A good fruitcake, made with moist batter and delicious fruits, is no laughing matter, but does make people smile when they smell and eat it, author Jean Johnson says. Fruitcake has become a punch-line for jokes, in the United States ...

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Fruitcake books

Christmas on Ladybug Farm: A Novella

by: Donna Ball
"A must read." --Examiner.com

Christmas on Ladybug Farm is a short novel with a bonus holiday recipe section!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

It’s Christmas Eve, and Cici, Bridget and Lindsay are busy preparing for their annual holiday party. The tree is sparkling, the turkey is roasting, the stockings are hung and the eggnog is chilled. The scene is set for the perfect Christmas... with one or two exceptions.

The entire state is in the midst of a heat wave.
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Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked with Spirits, Wine, and Beer

by: Krystina Castella, Terry Lee Stone
Mix, Bake, Buzz!

Booze Cakes features step-by-step recipes for spiking delicious confections with spirits, wine, and beer. These delightfully tipsy desserts are perfect for dinner parties, potlucks, and pitch-ins! You’ll find recipes for:

• Classic Booze Cakes: All the recipes your grandparents used to bake, including salty-sweet Honey Spice Beer Cake, bourbon-filled Lane Cake frosted with decadent bourbon buttercream, and teeny-tiny yet potent Tropical Fruitcake Cupcakes.
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Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

by: Barbara Park
"I'm the bestest winner in the world!"

It's Carnival Night, and Lucille has already won a box of fluffy cupcakes with sprinkles on them. But when Junie B. wins the Cake Walk, she chooses the bestest cake of all -- the one wrapped in sparkly aluminum foil. How was she to know it was a lethal weapon?

From the Trade Paperback edition.
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