Tag Archives: cooking

Object of Affection

My cast-iron pans remind me of my grandmother. She used them for all her cooking, and I like to think they were the secret to all her good meals. They were the first thing I bought for my own kitchen … Continue reading

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Fun Things to Do on Your Anniversary

Have a Cook-Off at Home For an economical option, one person cooks dinner, and the other’s on dessert duty. Whoever’s recipe turns out best doesn’t have to do the dishes. Plan to Make Each Other Homemade Gifts That means no expensive jewelry … Continue reading

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Culinary Dreams

“If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you,” wrote Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones. Thus, I imagined, if you read good cookbooks, good food would come out of your kitchen. Positively Purging-I … Continue reading

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Family Recipe

There is no recipe. They simply used a little bit of this and a little bit of that and cooked it until it was done. These reveals were often followed by joyous remembrances of picnics and Sunday dinners and family … Continue reading

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Baking With Kids

Preparing the baking dish …let kids spread the butter- they can hold the wrapper or a piece of parchment – or spiritz on the cooking spray. Tell them to oil the four corners first, then fill in the five sides … Continue reading

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