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Coconut Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This picture is of the cake resting on my toy kitchen that I had as a child. Mom and I looked up pics of me and my cousin, Tracy, playing with this kitchen when I was three and she was five. We were...
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Food Memories: Chicken n’ Noodles
Many of us have memories of being little and watching our moms or dads or grandmas cook or bake for the family. The first memory that comes to mind for me is watching my mom cut out biscuits with an...
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Food Memories: Durango Cake
When I polled the Facebook audience a few weeks ago on peoples’ favorite food memories, I was absolutely thrilled with all the responses. So many unique stories and some that felt as familiar as my...
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You Only Get One Night
This post won’t have a recipe. It’s about one night that we spent with our friends in Seattle this summer when we went on our big adventure. This was our first full day exploring Seattle with our...
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Irish Lamb Stew – a taste of home, no matter where you’re from
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I confess I don’t know a lot about the real dishes of Ireland; the dishes people grew up eating around their family tables. I only know that around here, people eat corned...
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Chicken and Waffles with Molasses Butter
Easter Sunday was a bit low-key for us this year. I had a wedding to shoot on Saturday so we couldn’t go out of town to be with family and we didn’t have time to prepare the feast we normally do. We...
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The Best Peach Cobbler: Food is Healing
I grew up in Eastern New Mexico. Which is basically West Texas. Which is basically the South. Basically. And in the South, when someone is ailing, grieving, winging it as a single parent for a...
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Christmas Cookies: Cranberry Rosemary and White Chocolate
Every year since who knows when, I’ve been making these lovely little biscotti that have a wonderful marriage of sweet, tangy and savory all packed into one crumbly bite. This year I decided to turn...
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Cheesy Broccoli Rice from Scratch
This was undoubtedly a comfort food for many of you growing up, as it was for me. Creamy and cheesy with just a hint of something green, but mostly rice and cheese. So all in all, the perfect...
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Apple Crisp: Food Memories
I’ve done a few posts on food memories from my own family and ones from friends and I love those posts more than any other. They are more than just recipes – they are links to the past and to feelings...
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