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Filed under: Frugal Food , Dairy , Recipes , How To , Summer Marisa wrote about yogurt making about a month ago . I would like to re-visit the subject from an extremely frugal angle. With wild fruits coming into season (like mulberries ), yogurt is a Read More...
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Filed under: Recipes , Baking , On the Blogs , Real Kitchens Who doesn't love an Oreo? Each one comes with two chocolate cookies, happily connected with a nice dollop of vanilla cream. There is no part of that equation that is bad (I'm talking strictly Read More...
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Filed under: Grains , On the Blogs , How To When I was a kid, there was little I hated more than when my mom would make a peanut butter sandwich for my lunch using the heel of the bread. She didn't do it all that frequently, mostly when she hadn't been Read More...
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Filed under: Chocolate , On the Blogs , Valentine's Day Last week, Shayna showed up how to make our own chocolates for Valentine's Day. Her chocolates are sure to be delicious, but they are, admittedly, a little time consuming to make. However, there Read More...
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Filed under: Whisky , Dairy , Eggs , New Year's I had never really thought of Irish Cream as something you could make at home (I thought it was something that only came in a bottle and was bought at the liquor store) until I came across this post on The Read More...
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Filed under: Recipes , Candy , On the Blogs , Christmas When I was in elementary school, we had a neighbor who made her own candy for Christmas every year. She mostly made black and white marbled chocolates in the shape of Santa and snowmen, that she Read More...
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Filed under: Recipes , How To , Condiments In my family we take our Thanksgiving gravy very serious. My father, the primary holiday chef in my parents' marriage, learned the secrets of gravy-making from his mother and has passed them on to me (my sister Read More...
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Filed under: Vegetables , Recipes , How To My friend Wendy is an excellent cook. She is the one who made the gorgeous and tasty cheesy pita chips I mentioned awhile back. Despite the fact that she isn't actually a food blogger, she stopped by my place Read More...
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Filed under: Poultry , Recipes , Frying , On the Blogs , How To , Comfort Food When I was a kid, once in a very great while, my dad would take my sister and me to McDonald's. My mother was not much of a fan of fast food and didn't particularly approve Read More...
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Filed under: Vegetables , Recipes , Fruit , On the Blogs When I talked to my mom yesterday, she had just finished picking the last of the tomatoes off the plants in the backyard. The weather in Portland has made the seasonal shift from Summer to Fall Read More...
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Filed under: Vegetables , Recipes , Real Kitchens When I got home from class on Wednesday night, I wandered into the kitchen and opened the fridge. I stood there for a moment, staring blankly at the contents, half hoping that there wouldn't be anything Read More...
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Filed under: Culinary Kids , Recipes , On the Blogs When I was a kid, my mom was one of those health-conscious parents* who refused to pack chips, twinkies or Halloween candy in my lunch. Occasionally, my sister and I could wear down her resistance enough Read More...
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Filed under: Dinner , Grains , Vegetables , Recipes , On the Blogs I must have sweet potatoes on the brain, because is the second post I'm writing this week that involves them. This time I haven't actually done the cooking, I'm simply salivating over Read More...
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Filed under: Books , On the Blogs , How To Despite the fact that I grew up in a house in which my mom regularly canned jam, I find that most methods of canning and food storage to be mysterious and slightly intimidating. I have a fear that anything I Read More...
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Filed under: Dessert , Dairy , Cheese , Fruit , Baking , On the Blogs , Sugar I have had some great figs this season (as well as a few stinkers, they can't all be perfect). While I admire people who make fig ice cream or fig galettes with their bounty Read More...
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