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Cooked figs in a white bowl with a spoon on a napkin
Cooked figs in a white bowl with a spoon on a napkin

Food Garden

Quick Fig Dessert Sauce Recipe

Figs are one of the delights of my late summer garden. Like blueberries, figs are easy to grow in a home landscape, at least in my Atlanta area, zone 8a garden. Unlike apples and peaches, figs
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Fig cake crumbled in white bowl on plate with a spoon

Food

Fig Skillet Cake Recipe

Be sure to read garden expert Shelley Cramm's guest post on growing figs in your backyard. Here's my companion piece, a
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Ripe figs in a bowl with basil leaves

Food Garden Writing

Figs from Garden in Delight

Guest post by Shelley S. Cramm Dear A Cook and Her Books readers – give a warm welcome to Shelley S. Cramm, author of
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Heuchera and more perennnials in a garden

Garden

Join Georgia Perennial Plant Association

If you're a plant person and in the Atlanta area, consider joining the Georgia Perennial Plant Association. GPPA is a
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Vegetable soup in a bowl on a white china plate

Food

Summer Vegetable Soup Recipe

First published on A Cook and Her Books blogspot September 30, 2012 with the title "Sufferin' Sucotash." Whenever I
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Broccoli salad with Cheddar chunks and dried cranberries in a white bowl

Food

Broccoli Quinoa Salad Recipe

I'm fortunate to work from home most days. But it's a trade-off, to be honest. I'm grateful that my mornings don't start
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Lemon verbena cookies on a plate with sprigs of lemon verbena herbs

Garden

Lemon Verbena: Queen of the Lemon Scented Herbs

Guest post by Peggy Riccio Dear A Cooks and Her Books Readers - give a warm welcome to Peggy Riccio of PegPlant.
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A white hydrangea bush in a garden with farm implements on a barn wall

Garden

Fall Plant Sales Atlanta 2023

Fall plant sales are getting in gear in my corner of the Atlanta area. Fall is the best time for planting perennials,
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Banana cupcakes with chocolate frost ing on a cake plate

Food

Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Sour Cream Ganache Recipe

First published November 5, 2012 in my blogspot blog. Just a recipe today, a cupcake that I make from time to time to
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Cottage cheese dip in a bowl with carrots and celery

Food

Herbed Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe

Thanks to TikTok content creators, cottage cheese is having a moment. The vital ingredient is viral, with 630 million
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