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Cremeux to the top!
Cutting through the somewhat theatrical nature of so many online cooking demonstrations, I am almost universally intrigued to learn new techniques and, being the reason something attracts me in the first place, new dishes or concoctions. Cremeux is an interesting combo of both a new (to me) technique, and learning the properties of its ingredients…
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Life’s certainties.
We’ve all heard it said that few things – taxes, etc. – are certain in life. To whatever list you might have, you can safely add that if a recipe says ‘butter pecan’, yours truly is going to take the bait and give it a try. When I saw a Butter Pecan Cookie recipe by…
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New, and then old!
Growing up in Mississippi, at least in our family, blueberries were not a thing. It was strawberries for strawberry shortcake, and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas (who can forget the sound of Ocean Spray sliding out of the can onto the serving dish). Not long ago, and for sure in the present, I had…
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On a roll!!!
It’s not often that the stars align when you have the itch to try something new, but just the other day, with some lemons that needed to be put use staring at me, up popped what seemed to be a relatively do-able recipe for a lemon cream roll cake. I’ve wanted to try a jelly…
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If you like to cook,…
…you know that there are days when the joy of it just takes over. And when it’s hot outside, but cool inside, and Summer’s bounty is calling, well, it just doesn’t get any better. I follow a guy on Instagram who lives on a farm in Iowa; he’s in his grandmother’s house, and from the…
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“Shall I compare thee…
…to a summer’s day?” I sincerely doubt that Shakespeare had a blog post highlighting lemons as inspiration for his Sonnet 18. However, I can assure you that my inspiration for this post is how lemon allows us to capture the brightness of a summer’s day, even when “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines”.…
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Going coastal!!!
With family and friends spending a delightful weekend at the southern part of Cape Cod, and in particular exploring the work and wonders of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (see NOTES), the thought of coastal dining kept washing in. I’ve posted about crab cakes before (here), but that was a year ago, so as I…
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A year in review, …
… or better yet, a year of rediscovery and discovery. Old recipes, tried and tweaked; new recipes, tried and saved, or tried and discarded; and new adventures in cooking, some rewarding, and some needing more work. It’s all part of what makes this journey interesting and rewarding. Reminisce with me. JANUARY While I took a…
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Fall is here!!!
Fall is a season that, more so than others, speaks warmly of home, family, and friends. And while so many of the foods we associate with fall are available year-around, there’s always the possibility that fall’s bounty in the markets is truly more seasonal. Thank goodness I’ve never seen fresh cranberries in the summer! If…
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How it all began!
If it’s true that time flies when you’re having fun, I’m going to let that explain why it’s been almost 7 years that I’ve been sharing my food journey through emailed newsletters and posting recipes on a website. Vol 1 No 1 of my newsletters came out in December 2016, but like all good memories,…
never 2 old 2 start cooking 