These days, my sous chef friend Lia and I find that running is the best way to discover new places, enjoy the weather, and makes an excellent excuse to treat ourselves to something sugary and delicious…
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Half the fun of having kitchen gadgets is showing them off. Look! I made a batch of brownies that are all edge pieces. Here’s a wish list of funky baking goodies for the baker…
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If you’ve ever made pumpkin pie without using pumpkin spice mix, and likewise, made your own chai without the tea mix, you may have realized that the two are not dissimilar. In fact, the…
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Happy Coffee Ice Cream Day! Thank you to the genius who decided to combine two of our favorite things. The only combo I can think of that might be better than coffee and ice…
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Until Paula was in college, she had no idea what a boxed cake taste like. That just wasn’t the way things were done in her family. No break-and-bake cookies and no ready-to-go frosting. The…
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In honor of Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, I’m posting my favorite recipe for the occasion and the story behind it. My mom has adapted it from Daisy King’s cookbook, Gracious Entertaining, Southern Style. Will you…
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Laurie is one of six children. For her, weeknight meals were mostly macaroni and cheese or tuna casserole, but holidays were a different story. Growing up, Thanksgiving was always spent with her family in…
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Whenever she brings it to a picnic or dinner party, everyone raves. They act like it’s the world’s biggest unsolved mystery and think it must have taken forever to prepare. Second helpings, and sometimes…