A healing touch: Mimi’s chicken n’ dumplings

Several weeks back, I heard about a friend’s husband who was very sick.  I decided that they both needed some good ol’ fashion home-cooked love (also known as “luv”).  What better way to give a little TLC than to channel Mimi’s healing abilities through cooking her famed chicken n’ dumplings. After Mimi passed this December, [...]

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An old standby

In trying to save money, our health, and the planet – no pressure, really! – Dan and I are trying to eat out less often and to eat more homemade meals made from whole foods.  I think of this as a direction I’m moving in, rather than a goal to be attained finally or wholly.  [...]

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Need somethin’ salty, crunchy, and not carbalicious?

Super bowl-shmuper bowl.  Sorry guys, I hate to break it to you – I am not a big football fan.  In fact, I am not a big sports fan in general.  Right now I am picturing both my brother’s and my sister-in-law’s blood pressure rising, since their wedding date was chosen based on Florida State’s football [...]

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What’s your story?

I’m sure you often think about what your story is. How did you get to where you are now?  What lead you there?  Who influenced you?  Was it your career, personal life, interests or maybe hardships? I have been trying to write my own food story in my head.  People ask me and I can’t [...]

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