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Category Archives: Family

November is nearly here, and that means pies for Thanksgiving.  I’m not sure what your family eats, but for us it’s apple pie, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie.  I like them all though apple pie may be my favorite.  Apple pies have been around for centuries, and they’re not as American as we’ve been led […]

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  Halloween is when I buy candy and hide it until it’s time to hand it out to children I have never seen before.  I don’t know that there is a good alternative for what passes as treats for Halloween.  Kids want candy, and they’re not interested in ‘healthy’ snacks.  The kids that trick or […]

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You already know I write about food, and no doubt you’ve figured out that means I cook a lot of food.  I try to time things so that I am cooking this food for an audience, but today I am not.  My last post about sharing my kitchen caused some reminiscing, and it’s fall, and the […]

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As much as love having company over, especially for meals, it can sometimes be a challenge for me to share my kitchen.  Guests often want to help, and though I appreciate the offer there aren’t too many people with whom I can comfortably co-cook.  In culinary school team cooking was the norm, and mercifully we […]

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I’m not sure how I did it, but by the time I found out about Fat Shaming Week, it was over. This glorious and affirming week was held by an online men’s group that goes by the name of Return of Kings aka ROK.  I am very purposefully not including a link to their site […]

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