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What would you change about modern society? A return to civility. For too long, now, people have sought to define society by what they can do, and in the process have lost all concept of what they should do. Yes, you can drop f-bombs, but should you? Yes, you can champion your right to act…
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Texas on my table!
When a neighbor blesses you with a cantaloupe, fresh from Pecos, Texas, the floodgates of memory and possibility open wide. I’m guessing it was in the 1960’s that my wife’s grandparents educated me to the sterling character of Pecos cantaloupes. I’ve always liked cantaloupe, and knowing the source of some of the best just added…
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Kitchen Alchemy
This post is for everyone who ever had, or wanted, a chemistry set. It’s not about turning lead into gold, but it is about turning raspberries into caviar, and other ‘magical’ transformations. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice can move over!!! Caviar: To be honest, what we’re talking about here isn’t the fish roe that started it all.…
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Having your cake…
Every so often I get on a cake kick, and I had some sliced almonds I needed to use, so… Back in the day, one of the features of Neiman-Marcus’ flagship location in downtown Dallas was its bakeshop, located on Commerce Street and accessed from the street, not through the store. It’s hard to imagine…
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Memories!
It’s a rather safe assumption, I feel, that all of us have memories associated with food, whether because of a relation to the preparer (mother, grandmother, the family grill-master, etc), an introduction to something new (or something you didn’t like or that made you sick, for that matter), or the situation in which it was…
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Flat as a pancake!
While writing this, I’m guessing that all of us, at some point, have had a craving for pancakes, many times tied to a fond memory. For me they are pretty much at the top of the “sometimes you just gotta” list of comfort foods. And while pancakes themselves aren’t noted for a lot of regional…
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Orange you glad?
Citrus always seems abundant in the grocery store, and, with its bright colors and its bright taste, does its part to bring sunshine to winter days. Just the other day I saw a recipe for a flourless chocolate-orange cake, and as I find the combination of chocolate and orange among my favorites, had to try…
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Case study!
One of the pleasures of watching something like “The Great British Bake Off” is learning that in baking, as in Shakespeare, “a rose by any other name” is part of the learning process. The differences in nomenclature and pronunciation always add to the enjoyment. Aubergine is eggplant, corgette is zucchini, and over there it’s shal-LOT,…
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Wrap, and unwrap!
Something got into me after Thanksgiving, and, for whatever reason I started spending more time than just meal prep in the kitchen. Rather than do the more customary ‘year in review’, let me share with you how I wrapped up 2024, and unwrapped 2025. I’ve updated the recipes on “never 2 old to start cooking”,…
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When life hands you bananas,…
With four bananas on hand, starting to get those streaks in the peel that say “ripe and ready”, and with the prospects of an afternoon in which hanging around home is the agenda, well – banana nut bread!!! There’s just something warm and comforting about banana nut bread, not to mention that it’s easy to…
never 2 old 2 start cooking 