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The End of the World and Salted Chocolate Chip Shortbread
After our workout this morning Greg suggested that I weigh myself “just to know where you’re at going into the holidays.” What? A weigh-in could squash my “ho ho ho” in one fell swoop. I avoid the...
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Our Little Table and Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
For the three coldest seasons of the year, we enjoy of our meals, both breakfast and dinner, inside at a wooden table tucked into the backmost corner of our hundred-year-old house. The thick edges of...
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Punxsutawney Phil and Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies
Here’s where we’re at: At 4 a.m. tomorrow the alarm clock that sits a foot away from Greg’s head will go off. It will be too early for NPR’s Early Edition, so we’ll wake to an unfamiliar, monotone...
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Bourbon Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Instead of weaving some lyrical story for you that predictably ends with me in the kitchen whipping up a batch of this or that, I’m skipping right to the end. Let’s face it, once you see the words...
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Putting Pen to Paper and Cinnamon Oatcakes
My notebook with its soft, worn, black cover has been quietly watching me for weeks now, like a friend that asks little of you, but wants to reassure you that she’s there when you’re ready at last to...
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Quandary Peak and Honey Pear Crisp with Hazelnuts and Thyme
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” And for a woman that endured the loss of both parents and her brother at a young age, I can’t imagine what it took to scare her. The...
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Thanksgiving Through My Crystal Ball and Chocolate Glazed Walnut Cake
The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun. Here’s a preview of what’s in store as we prepare to host our 13th annual family celebration. I’ll kick off the week with a fit of denial. Even though the...
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A Vegan Dinner Party and Cherry Berry Crumble
I love butter, preferably salted, melted into the nooks and crannies of a piece of toasted brioche. Then there’s cheese: cow milk, goat, or sheep—I don’t discriminate. If forced to choose between...
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In Search of Wisdom and Coconut Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. I recite this–the Serenity Prayer—daily, often many...
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