This is for all of you who think I’m an amazing cook who never has flops in the kitchen. If this ain’t a flop, I don’t know what is:

You know how recipes always tell you to let cakes cool before removing them from the pan? Yeah. Well, I highly recommend following that advice, or you [...]

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I just finished the book Omnivore’s Dilemma and believe me, you’ll be hearing about that over the next couple of months. It’s forever changed the way I eat. And drink.
I started drinking organic milk a couple of years ago when a friend suggested it might help improve my digestion. Going from $3.29 a gallon to [...]

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A delicious snack in 45 seconds or less…

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Many of you know from my previous posts that I LOVE to produce my own food. I delight in a measure of control (I can plant organically, sustainably, and *very* locally) as well as the joy of going out to the garden to pick fistfuls of green beans, bowls of ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes, and sprigs [...]

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How someone is making a lot of money on producing a movie about my life

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our Christmas raffle winner is announced!

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Last night I made my friend some of my mom’s world best cookies and was shocked when the timer went off and I found this in my oven:

In trying to remedy the situation, I realized I must have omitted some of the flour, so I reached into my flour bin to add more flour to [...]

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Got a favorite recipe that you cherish as part of your Christmas day? Maybe a special breakfast to start the day, or something tasty that you eat as part of your lunch or dinner?
You could get $5 for it!!!
I’m looking for new culinary traditions, so send me your favorite recipe and I’ll enter your name [...]

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By now your food has settled and some of your leftovers are gone or frozen or farmed out to your guests. As you look back on this feeding frenzy, what was your favorite thing served at your Thanksgiving meal? Turkey? A side dish? Dessert? The wine? Or maybe your family has some unusual culinary traditions [...]

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How do you stay so skinny? By fattening up tomorrow’s dinner!

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Want some of mom’s famous cookies? Are you willing to pay the price?

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I’ve been on a crock pot kick ever since I bought a new one last week. The new one has a temperature probe and timer built in – absolute musts, in my mind, for cooking something like a pot roast. When the meat is done, the pot turns itself to warm, and voila! Dinner is [...]

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a glimpse into the mind of an irrational woman

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They came. They did not conquer. They went.

That’s how I feel about the chocolate muffin recipe that I have been meaning to post for you. I put a couple teaser pics up a week or so ago before actually trying them myself, and while they looked amazing, that first set of muffins was just ho-hum. [...]

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an insiders’ look at how honey is made

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