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Twelve soups to warm you this fall

When the weather cools, there’s nothing like a warm bowl of soup — or twelve — to keep that chill in the air far from your dinner table.

Ribeye with cherry tomato brie sauce, green beans and squash

Feast your eyes on our Friday night dinner. It was worth a little (and I mean a little) extra effort to have a special meal worthy of an entire bottle of red wine.

Carob chocolate chip cookies with coconut and cranberries

Vegans really can do some things right … like create some awesome baked goods to keep the eggless from losing their minds.

These Elmo cupcakes kicked my ass

I wanted to make Elmo birthday cupcakes for Cooper’s second birthday, but making red icing proved to be more difficult than I could have imagined.

Mushrooms: Delicious and misunderstood

Lauren’s back Guest-clacking for us again, after last sharing with us her diatribe on the atrocity that is mayonnaise. I wouldn’t want anyone to think from my last post that I am a picky eater. I am, but I don’t want you to think that because I hate mayonnaise. Indeed, there are foods out there […]

16 reasons to have beer in the house

I loves me my beer. I’ve had many different kinds through the years, from the cheapies to the premiums, and I’ve had a hand in making my own batches from time to time. I’m sure many of you are reading this and thinking one of three things: “I don’t drink.” “Only 16?!” “I need but […]

Root vegetables – Misunderstood ingredients

Once upon a time, I got it in my head that root vegetables were not tasty.  Well, potatoes and sweet potatoes and carrots were fine, but parsnips?  Turnips?  Rutabagas?  Honey, no.  I was certain that they were bitter and nasty. I’m not sure of the origin of this undeserved prejudice.  Perhaps from a story I […]

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