Our Stories
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Thanksgiving isn't complete without some sort of sweet potato dish. There's the traditional ...
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Wow, I was exhausted yesterday. Somehow the kid's first day at school wore me out. I'm not sure ...
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Weeknight dinners can be daunting if you are working all day or chasing kids around after school. ...
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If you had to pick just one dish that represents the category of comfort food better than any ...
Fall
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The slight chill in the air, longer nights, and gray skies are all telltale signs that fall is ...
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What cooking method can be more primal than roasting? When humans discovered fire, it was by ...
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No, this is not a picture of a sea anemone. It's spaghetti squash. And though my mom doesn't like ...
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Stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole. Most people will say that ...
Our Recipes
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"Richard Sherwood’s wife Lori says this is the first meal he made for her (for breakfast), we’re ...
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Using blood orange juice in the dressing means less oil is necessary, which lowers the fat in this ...
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This combination may seem slightly odd, but is a refreshing summer salad that blends the sweet and ...
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Makes 4-6 servings
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound string beans, ends trimmed
2 cup corn kernels, ... -
1 head romaine lettuce, leaves separated
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¼ cup granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2.5 ounces good quality dark or ...
Holiday Issues
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Even more than Thanksgiving, the day after is nostalgia squared, or maybe cubed. Memories rush back ...
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Decades ago, as a fledging (broke) New York stage actress, I had the good fortune to be befriended ...
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As Spring slowly arrives in Maine and the snow stubbornly retreats, I push back the compost ...
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Mother's Day is this Sunday, which means you're either taking Mom out for brunch or making her ...
Restaurant Reviews
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It's 100 degrees. There's Dead concert traffic choking the five o'clock crawl. We cross five lanes ...
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Just For You Cafe in the Dogpatch Neighborhood of San Francisco, sits about two blocks from where I ...
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The Hotel Crandon Restaurant in Crandon, Wisconsin came highly recommended from the ladies at the ...
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Sometimes you don’t know a place is missing from a neighborhood until it opens. That’s how I feel ...
Cookbooks We Love
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When Heather Christo asked me if I would be interested in checking out her new book, Generous ...
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The best things come in small packages. In the case of “Small-Batch Baking for Chocolate ...
Our Featured Authors
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I have a theory that in order to be First Lady you have to have a cookie recipe.
Martha Washington ...
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I am half Norwegian and half Irish American. Both of my parents' families were, as you can imagine ...
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As I was making my Shepherd's pie for our book club supper last night, I started to nibble ...