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Alternatively, this post could also be called “Cheese Overload” or “How To Gain Ten Pounds in One Sitting.” I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here before, but my Mom’s been suffering from severe depression and panic attacks the past few months which is why I’ve been doing the cooking (she’s on complete rest)… and connected [...]

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All that soup making made me hungry for gingerbread, so since I was on a roll (read: crazed cooking spree) I baked up a batch. These days I am craving all things fall. I’m breaking out the sweaters and scarves, drinking hot tea, singing Christmas songs (it’s going to be a long fall…), and there [...]

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Today was a nippy, brisk fall day… in fact, let’s go all out and say it was cold (60 degrees is frigid in my book. I’m from the south – humor me). In any case, I felt justified in making soup. This soup was introduced to me by Karyn from the amazing Smitten Kitchen website, [...]

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It’s been one of those dark, incredibly green North Carolina mornings where heavy rain falls ceaselessly and to steal a line from Lemony Snicket, “the world is quiet here.” The perfect day for library browsing, comfortable arm chairs, long movies, tea with friends, monopoly marathons, and definitely cookie baking. I decided to try out a [...]

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A puzzle AND a cookie… all my wildest dreams have come true! I am now on a quest to find this cookie-cutter.

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And now, another perilous cooking adventure. Since it was Friday and we had a fully stocked kitchen, I went all out and perhaps a little overboard, but it all came together nicely somehow. Everyone was hungry so no pictures, but there’s this website I know that was able to help out… Basil, tomato, and fresh [...]

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Made this for dinner yesterday (a tribute to my long-standing Martha Stewart addiction). Martha Stewart is pretty much my role model.. except for the going to prison part.. insignificant detail. Her recipes, in any case, are mouthwatering. It’s just not quite summer until the outdoor grilling begins.

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Baseball Snacks Hacky Sack Sword-play Cristina advertizes Dr. Pepper Football Fire-building Hot dog roasting LOTS of hot dog roasting Mysteries of hot dog roasting Shutterbug

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It’s Friday… which means fish and chips night at O’Doherty’s Irish Pub and Grille! :) Dollar off by order of the Vatican. Mmm! Lots of salt and vinegar. But no one makes fish and chips like Dave.

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It snowed. Lots. There’s a few inches already, and it’s still snowing. I’m so happy. :) I was on a bit of a baking kick this afternoon, so I threw an apron over my head, popped on some Christmas music – because I can now listen to it to my heart’s content without guilt – [...]

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