Our Stories
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I love dessert but who can wait till the end of the day to have it? Not me. I refuse to live ...
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If you are looking for a quick evening meal packed with flavor, you've found it.
A blend of Chinese ...
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You’ve heard it, opposites attract. My parents were just about the most opposite you could find. ...
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Have you opened your freezer lately? I bet it's completely full just like mine. And how about the ...
Fall
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I work at home. Translation: I love a distraction. The kitchen? Definitely the number one ...
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This soup, along with a green salad and some nice bread, is a great dinner for a chilly night. ...
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It dawned on me today - that if carrots were money, we'd be rich. Three long rows of yellow carrots ...
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In our house, "Gnocchi" means "I love you".
The time invovled in making the pillowy mixture is ...
Our Recipes
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4½ cups sugar
2 tablespoons butter
pinch of salt
1 - 12oz. can evaporated milk
12 ounces semisweet ... -
Make 4 quesadillas
Salsa:
1 cup diced fresh pineapple
1 cup diced fresh mango
1 diced kiwi
1 ... -
1 acorn squash
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Salt and pepper to taste
3 ounces Gorgonzola ... -
1 cup frozen raspberries (unthawed)
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon limoncello
2 1/2 tablespoons ... -
An excellent sandwich incorporating a spicy mayonnaise to use up that leftover Holiday Turkey, but ...
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6 firm ripe tomatoes
1½ cups soft bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons ...
Holiday Issues
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If one day, someone asks me what the best French fries I have ever eaten are, I would probably be ...
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Last night, at about 2:00 a.m I woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. Normally I give myself ...
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Chocolate is the dessert of choice on Valentine's Day, be it candy, truffles, cakes, or cookies, we ...
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Ever since reading Rousseau’s On the Origin of Language, the idea of the origin myth has compelled ...
Restaurant Reviews
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Last Friday I took my daughter Hannah to tour Chapman College located only an hour south of Los ...
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I love the fact that my husband is from a different part of the country than I am. Before I met ...
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Chef Walter Manzke’s smile is infectious. Wait, maybe I shouldn’t say “infectious” since we’re in ...
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Since (finally) it has been discovered that the fat in beef – oleic acid – is the same heart ...
Cookbooks We Love
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What is life without a little bit of the whimsical? The magical? The fanciful?
I think that is ...
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Our Featured Authors
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Around 6 years ago, our family took a trip to France. Our friends have a house in Ramtuelle, a ...
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In 1979 I ate a nectarine that I still think about.
It was August. August 2 to be exact. My ... -
I once went to the most spectacular Hollywood funeral ever. And the love that poured out was well ...