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Cream Scones....

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There are lots of recipes for scones out there....lots of really good ones. This one is my favorite of all. They are always tender, flaky, and moist and so easy to put together. No rolling out....no waste...they come together, by hand in a[...]

Pollo alla Calabrese... Chicken with Potatoes, Onions, and Tomatoes

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 I have been getting a newsletter email from Tori Ritchie every week for quite a while now and get a new recipe with each one. There have been some very good ones. My friend Laura , who is a personal chef  told me about this and I[...]

Hamantaschen....again...

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It is March and almost time for Purim, it actually falls this week on the 19th. Along with the recipes that I posted for the Corned Beef and Cabbage and the Irish Soda Bread this has been one of the most visited  posts on my blog during the last[...]

Herbed Irish Soda Bread...Darina Allen Style...

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Some years ago I saw the Irish cooking diva... Darina Allen prepare this bread on Cooking Live, Sara Moulton's cooking show on the old Food Network and I have been making it ever since. It is a real Irish Soda Bread, not adulterated with lots[...]

Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick's Day....redux

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This is one of the most visited recipes on my blog...especially this time of year, so I figured I would post it again. I have been making this recipe just this way for quite a few years and if  I change anything there would be a[...]

Thai Chicken with Fresh Basil

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My sister in law reached out to me today because she is in need of chicken recipes as my Brother in Law has gout and he can only eat chicken and turkey. I never posted this recipe here because I was not happy with the quality of the photos...but[...]

1770 House Meatloaf via the Barefoot Contessa

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 I am not one to wax poetic about a meatloaf...but as far as meatloaves go this is a very, very, good version. This is not something I make often because my kids despise meatloaf. I am not sure why,  but they have a thing about[...]

Margaret's Mandelbrot from Sarabeth Levine....

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It is a rainy, gray, last day of February and I suddenly realized I did not have one post for this month. I have been cooking and baking and I have hundreds of pictures to look at and edit, but life just somehow got in the way of this blog. It[...]

Vinegar Glossed Chicken....

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This is such a simple dish and so delicious....it comes from Lucinda Scala Quinn's cookbook... Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys ...It is a beautiful collection of simple, delicious, and easy recipes. I have been feeding men and boys for over[...]

Snowy Day Cinnamon Rolls....

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 There is nothing like a snowy day to make me want to bake. We have all had plenty of snow lately that is for sure. The kids were asking for Cinnamon Rolls, so while the boy was home from college , what better time to indulge them a[...]