Drinks

Yum Early summer is perhaps one of the fairest times of the entire year.  The sun obligingly stays out extra long, just so that you can soak up your front porch and wave to the neighbors as they cut grass….
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Yum Summer evenings are made for living.  The sun stays out an extra few hours, just to be an extra good sport.  The evenings last forever, with cool, fragrant breezes begging you to come outside and sit on the porch.  Friends…
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Yum Tea and I haven’t always had a happy relationship.  Growing up in Pennsylvania, I knew “iced tea” to be a dark, foreboding cocktail of bitterness with a venomous splash of lemon.  Whenever someone gave “iced tea” as a drink…
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Yum There is something magical about beautiful, carefree, summer days.  It’s almost like the first time you get glasses . . . everything seems brighter– crisper.  The fruits and vegetables shimmer with natural health and vibrant colors that we missed…
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Yum Every Friday my friend Jacqui and I go out for coffee.  It’s amazing how a simple McDonald’s coffee can seem like a spa day when you have an hour to yourself, without kiddos.  And although we have tried many…
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Yum E.B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web, once wrote that “The early summer days on a farm are the happiest and fairest days of the year.”  And although I didn’t grow up on a farm, we did live in the…
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Yum I hate to waste things.  When I watch cooking shows, it drives me crazy that the chefs taste one bite, and then the rest goes to waste.  Of course, not everything can be saved (Yes, experimental sugar-water drenched pound…
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