Fall dishes :

dinner group recap

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Before our latest dinner group dinner, to me the land of Sweden was basically IKEA, Tretorns, ABBA, gravlax and Alexander Skarsgard (yum). Well, our hostess for this dinner was Cecilia, our dinner group?s local Swedish "ambassador" and the[...]

Potato Chip Cookies

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Some of you may know I started a recipe website in 1995. I kid that I created the Internet along with Al Gore since I’ve been working online for such a long time. The first website I ever developed is still online at[...]

Acorn Squash Slices

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I had an acorn squash to use. My mom used to cut them in half and roast with some butter and brown sugar in the cavity. I never liked this though because it all ran out when you tried to scoop some out. It was never an equal distribution  of[...]

Potato Chip Cookies

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I started a recipe website in 1995; it was the very first web project I decided to do after classes in html and programming so that I could develop websites for the cable company where I worked; eventually leading to the start of my own[...]

Carrot Pudding Cake

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This is one of those recipes I started making because my mother-in-law used to make it and my husband loved it as a kid.  Now I really enjoy having it every thanksgiving dinner as a side dish.  I have no idea why it is called pudding but it[...]

Roasted Potato Salad

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As fall approached (and soon returned from whence it came, but that?s neither here nor there) this year, in the midst of stockpiling canned pumpkin, planting potted mums and dreaming up Halloween costumes, Josh and I attempted to wax nostalgic[...]

Lentil and Squash Curry

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Last week I joined the millions of Americans who are unemployed. I wasn't exactly expecting to get laid off so after the initial shock, The Chef and I tried to come up with a plan as to how we can prevent ourselves from becoming hobos who live[...]

Pomegranate Citrus Salad

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I so look forward to autumn foods like pumpkin, cranberries, Brussels sprouts and pomegranates. I never tire of these flavors. Pomegranates in particular remind me somehow of the holidays and I think the jewel-like seeds add festive sparkle to a[...]

Spicy Calvados Applesauce

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Applesauce is one of those things that is so simple to make at home that it should be scratched off your grocery list for good. It goes without saying that homemade sauce is far superior to store-bought, particularly because of the complexity[...]

this week's menu and a recipe

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I hope that everyone had a lovely holiday. Ours was fabulous ? good food, good wine, good company, and good cheer! Pickle had the time of his life with his cousins Caitlyn and Luke. They literally ran around my parent's dining-room[...]