Coffee Cake (or is it water cake? wine cake?)
I recently pulled Grandma’s recipe for Sour Cream Coffee Cake from my recipe file, and remembered what my daughter had said to me many years
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Food Stories
Lighten Up: Vegetable-Based Recipes to Fill Us Up
I’m truly enjoying a bit of Sunday morning quiet. I slept in, and really have nothing scheduled for the day. It’s the first Sunday like
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These are Not Blueberries (and other kitchen calamities)
Sometimes you have to accept your cooking fails and move on.
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Dinnertime in the Neighborhood
My escape from work and transition to cooking dinner, often requires a rest for my mind, a bit of body movement, some ‘me time.’ The
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Rediscovering The Farmers Market
I’m back shopping at the farmers market, and we love it!
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New for the Kitchen
In early March I returned to Chicago for The Inspired Home Show, the premier home + housewares trade show. It had been a few years
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Springtime and the Hope of Something New
The push and pull of our weather – springing forward to warmer temperatures, sunny skies, and blooming vegetation brings hope, and then the cloudy skies,
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My Kitchen Apron Obsession
From the moment I step into the kitchen to begin preparing a meal, I focus on the little rituals that get me ready to start
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Coffee, Hot Chocolate & a Sunday Sunrise
A simple request from my daughter: “Mom, can we go watch the sunrise tomorrow morning.” Sunday morning, my time to write, my time to enjoy
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Sunday Morning Melancholy
I’m feeling a melancholy this morning. We are finally winding down the holiday season, and I’m looking at one final week of the family being
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