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Chicken paprika served with dumplings.

Csirke Paprikas

One thing Grandma showed me but I never exactly mastered, was cutting up a whole chicken into parts. I’m always relieved when I find a farmer that is selling the

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Serving hash brown casserole on pine cone tablecloth.

Hash Brown Casserole

Since I need another day to assemble my photos for a longer report on a visit to a local farm accused of animal abuse, today I’m going to share a

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Using a funnel for the transfer.

Ginger Ale

When I was a kid, if one of us were sick, we would get to sip on glasses of Vernor’s. Vernor’s was a Detroit company that produced a ginger ale

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Serving dinner on Christmas tablecloth.

Breaded Lamb

Happy Christmas Eve! I hope you are not scurrying about trying to finish shopping, wrapping, or cooking, or at least are doing so in good cheer and not desperation. I

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Bowl of dip surrounded by chips, grapes, and crackers.

Leftover Dip

Today I made dip as planned, with leftover ingredients from other things we’ve had lately; you can combine any similar ingredients as substitutes. A lot of cheeses can replace the

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Bowl of dumplings.

Dumplings

I haven’t made my chicken paprikas in a long time but the chicken has been waiting in the freezer. You have to have it with dumplings so I’d best cover

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A yummy serving of spaghetti and garlic bread.

Easy Sauce

It struck me yesterday that anything we perceive as difficult is very easy to people who already know how to do it. So, many of the things you know how

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A dozen spring rolls on platter

Spring Rolls

My daughter saw spring rolls on a magazine cover and wanted to try making them. She read the ingredients and we didn’t have many of them; I think it was

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Two wraps with cucumber sauce.

Broccoli Rabe?

This week I’m in the process of filling holes in the kitchen walls with patching plaster so it will take time away from my food research, but every once in

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Serving carrot-intense beef marsala over potatoes.

Beef Marsala

I’m calling this slow cooker stew “beef Marsala” because there’s red wine in it, but I’m really not bothering to use Marsala wine. Feel free to use whatever red you

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