Today just felt like the right day to light something on fire. I love tart cherries. I’m a huge fan of cherry pie, but I didn’t feel like making pie crust. Cherries Jubilee came to mind and this recipe was born. My very first grown up solo holiday was Thanksgiving of my freshman year in […]
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I would make a wretched vegetarian, but I’m cooking/preparing food for a client doing the Standard Process Cleanse this month. The general idea of this cleanse is consuming all vegetables (at least 1/2 consumed raw) and fresh fruits with a few allowances for small servings of psuedo-grains (lentils or quinoa only), scant amounts of healthy […]
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Sugar cookies are a universal childhood favorite. I’ve yet to meet a little who can turn one down. But these sugar cookies are a treat for the grownups, too. My husband swears they go well with Bourbon. My friend, Angela, and I were discussing cooking at lunch the other day. She’s a trained chef, […]
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Spanish rice is that loose term for any rice dish that is sort of red and is typically served alongside Mexican food. My college friend, Marti, used to get giant casseroles of Spanish Rice from her childhood nanny which fed people for days. Locha’s rice was legendary. Or maybe we were just hungry and almost […]
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Who’s ready to watch some Cowboys action this weekend? Sunday’s game may have inched my blood pressure a few more unfortunate steps up, but I’m delighted to have more football left to play in the season. After being chronically disappointed by my Longhorns the last couple of years, I’m still a little in shock that […]
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My kids love Chicken Clagiving night. That’s what they named our version of not Thanksgiving – with Roasted Chicken, Gravy, Homemade Stuffing, and Mashed Potatoes. The key to stuffing (or croutons if you’re making those), is to have your bread thoroughly dried out. This is almost never a problem for me since I’m inclined to buy […]
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This is the Chocolate Bottom Crusted Chocolate Pie I made for Julia, a friend of my daughter, when her grandfather passed away. Hers had meringue on top, but I’m a big fan of real whipped cream over meringue, any day. For years, every time I saw Julia, we talked about this pie. It was the […]
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Winter is here, and with it comes my favorite, soup season. Second only to cooking with cognac season. The best soups start with bones, so as you bake those holiday hams, chickens, and turkeys – be planning your best soups yet! Beans are another food group I didn’t consume until at least 25, so in […]
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This Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe is the most requested cookie recipe from my husband and children. It’s taken some adjusting over the years, but the end result is perfect. My personal three cardinal rules of baking apply. They are: 1) For any baked goods, use White Lily Flour. 2) Always, always completely preheat your oven. and […]
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Cherry Pie reminds me of Lums Diner in Peoria, hot tea, good friends, and deep conversation. Back in my high school days, my crowd and I would congregate at the the Lums Diner, as years of soul searching, bored, but generally well behaved teenagers had done before us. This wasn’t your wild crowd, it was […]
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