Category Archives for Cooking at Home

Maple Butter (or Maple Cream, If You’re Fancy)

I’ve had maple butter bouncing around in my head for a while, a new fun something to make after being told that I must try it. I had no idea what maple butter was, but research explained that by heating … Continue reading

25. January 2012 by apronless
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Buttermilk and Date Ice Cream with Orange Blossom Water and a Goode Company Giveaway

The contest is now closed. Scroll down for the winner! This ice cream has always been about pecans. I came up with the recipe as an accompaniment for pecansspecifically for a pecan pie. Usually, pecans make me feel mushy and … Continue reading

05. December 2011 by apronless
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Kale, Sausage, and Potato Soup

Most people think that my mother taught me how to cook. We have a lot in common.She cooks a lot, I cook a lotI have lots of cookbooks, she has lots of cookbooks. She did not teach me how to … Continue reading

17. November 2011 by apronless
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Keep Your BBQ Sauce Off of my Pizza

Unlike the times before itlast week’s pasta making was successful. Given my previous attempts at making noodlesI probably should’ve started the project the day before but lady luck stood by a few hours before the supper cluband I had beautiful … Continue reading

15. November 2011 by apronless
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Menu Plan, Menu Plan, Menu Plan All the Way

I’m listening to Christmas musicand I’m Ok with that. I am surrounded by people who are adamant about waiting until after Thanksgiving to get the Christmas music goingbut I like to multitask. I may have Dean Martin warbling about his … Continue reading

07. November 2011 by apronless
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From a Better Homes and Garden Cookbook, circa 1950

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02. November 2011 by apronless
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A Very Angry Wrist Pens a Menu Plan

I’ve done something to my wristsomething that made it very, very, angry. Thankfully, it is my left handso my dominant right can do mostly what it needs to dounless the left is needed to help. You know,I only need my … Continue reading

31. October 2011 by apronless
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Baked Eggs with Toast Soldiers, Many Ways

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29. September 2011 by apronless
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Zucchini and Bleu Cheese Soup

Some people collect unicorns, frogs, or Coke bottlesbut I collect cookbooks. I can’t help it.I started in college and never stopped. The first cookbooks I owned were published by Hermes Housea publisher whose catalog often shows up on discount tables … Continue reading

11. August 2011 by apronless
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We Cook: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home – Honeydew, Cucumber, and Cayenne Frozen Yogurt

We have been overrun with cucumbers. I mean that in quite a literal sense as the cucumber vines are breaking out of the gardenthrough our chain link fenceand onto the sidewalkwhere everyone in the neighborhood takes their nightly walks. I … Continue reading

03. August 2011 by apronless
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