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Yesterday I asked my son Sam the question I have asked him every February since he started ...

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When I was a child, for two weeks every summer, my family would go to a small town in Norway called ...

I can't think of a better food for the cold days upon us than a big bowl of comforting chili. There ...

Now that the holiday feeding frenzy is over (well, sort of) we are left with hunks and wedges of ...

I'm not much of a coffee drinker but I love hot chocolate and I love tea. I enjoy the richness of ...

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When I was 7 my mother, Susan, met my future stepfather, Larry. They had been dating for about a ...

Root vegetable. Corned beef. Sauerkraut. Rye. Gedney dills. It all adds up to something Irish. And ...

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. (Although come Christmastime, you know I'll be making the very ...

I associate mail order food with my father.  When I was growing up, he and I had very few ...

What a great thing for the fall, a potato cookbook. -ae

Last week I went through a box of recipes ...

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I have purchased a lot of cookbooks over the years and most of them are worn out.  I have ...