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Gluten-Free

Very Berry Buttermilk Sherbet

07.06.2010 Berries

I thought I’d have more time to write at this point in the year, but I’ve been preoccupied by my youngest son’s graduation from high school, as well as planning for a fall trip to the UK — our first official empty nest vacation. Is there such a thing? Both events provide me an excuse [...]

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Red Sorrel and Arugula Salad with Avocado and Orange

16.03.2010 Gluten-Free

I live in an area that is perfect for growing just about anything all year long if one can forget the pesky dilemma of drought we’ve endured for the past many years.  I’ve been a reasonably capable gardener most of my life — thanks to my mother who most likely could grow a stick in [...]

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Super Food: Cannellini Beans and Roasted Garlic

13.03.2010 Beans

My mother has always been a master at stretching a dollar because she’s had lots of practice most of her life.  As a single mother of three children under the age of five by the time she was 25, she worked hard to put a roof over our heads and food on the table.  She [...]

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Shrimp and Veggies in Rice Paper Wraps

03.01.2010 Asian

If you’re like I used to be, you try to get some exercise occasionally.  Actually, my efforts constituted more than trying for several years.  I rose before the sun at least four mornings a week on good weeks, stumbled into my car, and drove to my friend’s house hoping that my light knocking on her [...]

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“Creamy” Asparagus Soup

28.12.2009 Chef's Recipes

With New Year’s Day less than a week away, I’ve found myself not wanting to wait until the traditional January 1st to promise myself that I’ll turn over a new leaf here and there in my life — or perhaps nine.  Do I hear 25?  After all the cookies and cooking, left-over food,  and dishes [...]

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Waldorf Salad sans Mayo

10.11.2009 Cookbooks and Magazines

We’ve been eating quite a bit of soup and salad lately.  With the business of our lives, it often seems to be the only way to make sure we don’t fall into the take-out habit, or worse, microwaved frozen food.  Call me a food snob — or better yet, consider that it’s not challenging to [...]

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