Our Stories
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My favorite sandwich as a child was a Grilled Cheese. It still is today. I'm continually amazed at ...
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Culinary historians have traced the first cake “brownie” to the 1906 edition of The Boston ...
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Once in a great while, I come across a spectacular dish that needs little tinkering because it’s ...
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There is nothing quite as satisfying as eating a thick slice of warm homemade bread slathered with ...
Fall
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I love mixing sweet and savory in a recipe. It's a flavor combination I enjoy. In classic holiday ...
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When you grow up in Rhode Island, you just can't comprehend 90 degree temperatures in October. ...
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When the pole bean trellis blew down for the second time, we left it. Granted, we were a bit ...
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Last weekend I went apple picking with my family at Silverman's Farm in Connecticut. We have been ...
Our Recipes
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1/3 cup finely minced red onion
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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This recipe comes from the Martha’s Vineyard cookbook by Louise Tate King and Jean Stewart Wexler. ...
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¼ cup POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice
2 tbs orange juice concentrate
1 tbs balsamic vinegar
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1 lb. cooked good quality smoked salmon or nova
1 (8 ounce) package whipped cream cheese
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2 cups warm water (110 to 115°F)
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk (instant or non-instant)
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4 thick slices stale bread, crusts removed and cubed
2 cups vegetable stock, heated
2 garlic cloves
1 ...
Holiday Issues
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Francois Truffaut has been famously quoted about the process of making a movie being similar to a ...
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Jack Benny (who was famously cheap and made fun of himself for it) gave out silver dollars on ...
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I love cranberries. I do. I love Ocean Spray whole cranberry cranberry sauce. It has to be whole ...
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Yep, the kids have elevated me to the likes of Albert Einstein. Up until yesterday they thought of ...
Restaurant Reviews
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Each night there is a line. I ask a young woman from Orlando, why? She says, "They're good." And ...
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There are people who, when on vacation, go wherever the road takes them. I am not one of them. If ...
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Austin has a lot going on. Besides being the state capital, the city has amazing music venues with ...
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You’d think stuffing myself with Chinese food in Richmond would cause me to throw in the towel. No ...
Cookbooks We Love
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Growing up on the central coast of California was paradisaical in many ways. The natural beauty. ...
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Hugo Ortega's Street Food of Mexico rocks! And if you are planning a holiday cocktail party and ...
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Our Featured Authors
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Dear Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid,
You’ve been writing to me for months (years), now I’m writing to ... -
This is how grumpy I am: I refuse to make up a pseudonym to make the people at Starbuck's happy. ...
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My boyfriend was a Persian Muslim. We spent a decade together starting in the mid-eighties. ...