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Modernizing Classic 1950s Farm Recipes
On a rainy spring day, I’m musing about some of the recipes that I miss from my wastrel youth, and I’m thinking that some of those out-of-favor dishes deserve a second, modern look. I’m not talking about tuna noodle casserole,…
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Simple and Quick Go-To Recipes
I’m guessing that many of us are feeling a little burned out on cooking, and there are evenings when we just want an easy menu that will satisfy the family. I’ve felt that way more than once over the past…
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Wait, Don’t Toss that Pickle Juice!
It’s a new year, and a perfect time to up our game in creating tasty dishes for the dinner table. Let’s take another step in thinking about how to add or enhance the flavors of what we are creating on…
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No Place But Home for the Holidays?
The holidays are approaching, but they won’t be the same this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has just released its Thanksgiving 2020 safety guidelines, and the only low-risk approach is a small dinner with other members of the…
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Cinnamon: Think Outside the Bakery
Cinnamon has always been my favorite spice. In my youth, toast with sugar and cinnamon was a breakfast treat. And on occasion, there were cinnamon rolls. When my mother made pies, she’d roll out the leftover pie dough, spread it…
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Pass the Gravy, Please!
When I asked my friend Tom about his favorite childhood food memory, the reply was swift and certain: bread and gravy. His mother was a master cook, he said, with 200 cookbooks and three linear feet of 4-by-6-inch recipe cards.…
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How Do You Like Them Apples?
It’s apple season – time for apple-picking. Sure, the pandemic has upset the applecart, and there are some restrictions, but you can still get a small group of family together for a trip to the local orchard. You probably can’t…
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Ditch the Stove
When it’s been hot for a long stretch, you’re not only tired of cooking over a stove; you’re also getting a little tired of those salads. Now what? To the rescue! Have you thought about a slow cooker, Crock-Pot, or…
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Somewhere, Each of Us Remembers a Memorable Meal
Somewhere in the memory banks of our taste buds resides the recollection of our most unforgettable meal — the perfect combination of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. It doesn’t require a great degree of effort to conjure up those tastes,…
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Strawberries for Dinner?
Your kitchen is filled with the intoxicating scent of fresh strawberries. You just couldn’t resist picking up a couple of quarts. But you really need to make dinner. What’s a body to do? Here’s an idea that combines fresh strawberries…
