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purple asparagus pancetta and gorgonzola tart – making it
When Ralph and I were in Mexico, I had more than one moment remembering, when I was young, thinking how unlikely it would be that we’d make it as a couple. Being surrounded by so many young couples...
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a note from the bride
Theo and I never do things or start important events in our life the way you are “supposed to”. We tend to always have a story or an interesting twist to each significant moment in our lives together....
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candied orange peel – it came without packages, boxes or bags!
I’m no Grinch. I’ve loved Christmas all my life. Ralph’s called me Santa’s #1 helper for years but this year something’s happened. Maybe it was the wedding… Being away at the end of November might have...
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time for change
It’s a new year. Time for change. For someone who struggles with change as much as me, you wouldn’t think it would be such a constant in my life. Sometimes by design, mostly not. I’ve walked through my...
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orange curd granola parfaits
Every once in a great while life hands you a chance to live a dream, if you’re brave enough to take it. Three years ago, when Liz Rowe walked into my life and said, “I heard you’re the person I should...
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the wedding day
While we were waiting to have our hair done, Mom asked Meggie if she was nervous. Meg looked up from the magazine she was reading, her face beaming and said, “Nan, I’m gonna run up that aisle – I can’t...
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chocolate fudge frosting and no one to lick the bowl
Funny how you can have three daughters, love them each intensely but miss one of them, more, at times. My heart was hurting, a little, yesterday for Sara. I never told you about her leaving. It was too...
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sticky spicy lemon ginger chicken thighs – tastes like it sounds
I woke up this morning with this recipe in my Facebook news feed. Not sure where I went wrong but, the finger-sucking chicken thighs took three times as long to roast as the original recipe directed...
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date squares; humble but delicious – happy anniversary
Date Squares are a humble sweet and perfect for our anniversary. Not my wedding anniversary but rather this site’s anniversary – you and me. April 4, 2015 marked my fourth year of cooking, writing,...
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strawberry rhubarb crisp – time to breathe
Six thirty am. Every window wide open. I turn the radio off and the house fills with bird song. Fynn lazes on the hot verandah. I’ve been thrashing the last several months. It happens every few years;...
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planting another garden
We haven’t had rain for weeks. As the heel of my work boot hits the top of my garden spade, the force drives it deep into the parched soil. The well-rooted older gardens brave the drought with hardened...
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more happy
It’s quite remarkable how the world is reframed for me when one of my daughter’s is coming home. More clarity, more energy, more happy. Not sure ‘more happy’ is a thing, but happier doesn’t do this...
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vanilla layer cake with chocolate frosting
The very first cake that I ever made was for him. Mom helped me pour the mix into a tiny blue plastic bowl; part of the Easy-Bake Oven kit Santa had left. I stood on a chair to reach the … Continue...
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missed you
I can’t believe I’ve not been here since mid-October. It wasn’t intentional. For days, then weeks and eventually months, I scolded myself for not, at least, letting you know I was still among the...
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Funny how you can have three daughters, love them each intensely but miss one of them, more, at times. My heart was…
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I woke up this morning with this recipe in my Facebook news feed. Not sure where I went wrong but, the finger-sucking…
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Date Squares are a humble sweet and perfect for our anniversary. Not my wedding anniversary but rather this site’s anniversary – you and…
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Six thirty am. Every window wide open. I turn the radio off and the house fills with bird song. Fynn lazes on…
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We haven’t had rain for weeks. As the heel of my work boot hits the top of my garden spade, the force…
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It’s quite remarkable how the world is reframed for me when one of my daughter’s is coming home. More clarity, more energy,…
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