Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
Yum On a recent trip to Cracker Barrel, I saw a new item on their menu– the Cinnamon Roll Biscuit. Intrigued, I ordered one. It was divine– light and flaky, with swirls of cinnamon sugar and these amazing little pockets…
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Yum My Mom always made Cornish Game Hens for Christmas Eve dinner. I remember how exciting it was when each of us had our own tiny chicken on the plate, for us to carve apart and eat without sharing with…
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Yum There are few meals more impressive than a Garlic Roasted Rack of Lamb. The presentation, whether done in a crown or just a rack carved into chops at the table, is exquisite. Lamb is a beautiful, subtle meat with…
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Yum It’s a tradition almost as old as Christmas– making classic Hershey’s Kiss Christmas cookies, AKA Peanut Blossoms. I can remember even as a child helping to make these cookies with my Mom in the kitchen– and feeling so important…
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Yum There is a very teeny window each year for one of my favorite fruits– the blissfully tart cranberry. I go crazy for cranberry while these little ruby gems are in season, and then I always buy plenty to freeze…
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Yum Once upon a time, my family and I went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina on vacation. We rented a little seaside cottage, walked barefoot in the sand, and ate freshly caught crab until we couldn’t stuff in…
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Yum Once, when I was a kid, my parents took us to a restaurant where the dessert treat was getting to pick any cookie we wanted from a mammoth buffet of Christmas cookies. Even at 6 or 7 years old,…
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