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Remember being little and having tea parties with your friends (or stuffed animals)? There is something so chic and posh and lovely about taking afternoon tea, with its dainty sandwiches and delectable pastries. I know having such a formal tea is not common in daily British life these days, but if the Royal Wedding isn’t the [...]
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Saturday night, home from the grocery store and happily settling in to a re-stocked kitchen, I suddenly realized I had four count ‘em FOUR heads of garlic. Joe and I love to cook with garlic, but getting through four bulbs would take a while, by which time they’d probably dry out. My solution? I made [...]
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Time for a little confession that I think every attached woman can relate to, even just a little bit. Ready for this one? I secretly love it when Joe is gone from the house. Now, we’re not talking about extended periods of time here. I would miss him too much. What I’m talking about are [...]
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For the last two years, we’ve started out our Thanksgiving Thursday with the same breakfast: hot, cheesy, spinach and artichoke dip, served with tortilla chips, and usually beers to wash it all down. I’ll be a little sad when we host friends and family for a real Thanksgiving dinner, since guests probably won’t take to [...]
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Along with all the other essential kitchen items from the last post, I also devote one of my produce drawers to the use of onions. You might’ve noticed that many — in fact, most — of my recipes include onions. Joe likes to use red onions in his weeknight salads, so at any given moment, [...]
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When I was little I had a brief love affair with radishes. I talked more about it here, but the gist is that I saw some show where one of the characters really liked radishes, and the next thing you know, I saw a beautiful red bunch of them in the store, convinced my parents [...]
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