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Banana bread loaf slices on a cutting board
Banana bread loaf slices on a cutting board

Food

Try My Banana Bread Recipe

This banana bread recipe first appeared in A Cook and Her Books June 14, 2011. I've tried quite a few banana bread recipes and I keep coming back to this tried and true favorite. . Let's Bake
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Granola in a blue bowl

Food

Granola with Orange Zest & Almonds Recipe

No matter what time I get up in the morning, I wake up hungry. I roll out of bed and I want my coffee (strong, just
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Coneflowers in a garden

Garden

A Visit to Green Meadows Community Garden

There are lots of ways to garden, even if you think you don't have the right space. Sometimes, your garden space can be
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Planters filled with green coleus plants

DIY Garden

Renew Flower Pots with Spray Paint

If you're tired of your dirty and dull plant containers, try renewing the planters with a fresh coat of spray paint.
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Outdoor furniture in a garden

DIY Garden

Renew Outdoor Furniture with Spray Paint

In early spring days, the weather warms enough to make me consider spending all day outside. That's when I start to
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Baked jam bar

Food

Strawberry Jam Bars (Gluten-Free) Recipe

Everybody needs at least one go-to sweets recipe that you can make at the drop of a hat and take anywhere. For school or
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Moth on a pink succulent

Garden

A Wall of Succulents

This pretty pink succulent is called Sunsparkler Cherry Tart and it lives up to its name. Its pink flowers catch the sun
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Chef Linda Shiue holding a bunch of basil standing next to a window

Food

How to Cook & Eat Well with Chef Linda Shiue

This is my friend Chef Linda Shiue and she has a new cookbook. Chef Linda is also Dr. Linda Shiue, practicing
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Red Spider Lilies

Food Garden

Welcome to My World

Thank you for visiting my little corner of the internet. I dreamed up A Cook and Her Books in 2009 as a place to
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Food Travel

Chicken & Dumplings with Chef Scott Peacock

On the kind of crisp October day that makes you long for good friends and good food, pandemic be damned, I found myself
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