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This cake. It was my Dad's favorite. He had a Fall birthday and this is the dessert my Mom made him ...
1 spaghetti squash (about 3 pounds)
3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for brushing squash
1 ...
Ingredients:
3/4 oz. freshly squeezed pomegranate juice* or 100% Pomegranate Juice
1 oz. Orange ...
About a half dozen fresh peaches peeled and pitted and sliced (or simply quartered with the skin ...
6 August soft shell lobsters, 1 1/4 lbs
3 -28 oz. cans of good quality plum tomatoes
8 cloves of ...
The fixings for my favorite Jimmy Dean sausage dressing recipe, which my good friend, Bob Willet, ...
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1¾ oz Irish Whiskey
3½ oz hot coffee
2/3 oz cream
Pour the whiskey ...
Living in Southern California, we enjoy rich ethnic diversity. Those of us who explore culture ...
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It was a Pavlovian response. Not just the salivating and the excitement, but the begging my ...
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Any fans of Lisa Fain’s first cookbook, Homesick Texan or her blog, Homesick Texan, will surely ...
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Roast Turkey
After more than 20 years of writing Thanksgiving turkey recipes, I thought I had ...
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Our family will pause during Thanksgiving dinner and each of us will take a moment to mention what ...
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When I am at my home on Orcas Island, Washington and away from the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, ...
A few years ago I noticed that a tree was growing in the tiny side area between my house and my ...
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