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Last summer I fell in love with a recipe in the August issue of Bon Appétit for a Peach and Pecan Upside-Down Cake.  And oh, was it good.  I made it for the 4th of July and then a couple of days later baked another one that I transported to a family reunion.  The peaches baked in brown sugar and butter were perfectly tender and the pecans added a great nutty taste as well as the a bit of crunch. It was a cake that made you want to turn on your oven when it was 100 degrees outside; a cake that lacked pretension, but was still far from ordinary.
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