We live in a quiet neighborhood, with lots of trees, a nice street for walking and not much traffic. We also have some of the best neighbors you could ever ask for.
My friends the Millers, Jeff and
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Food
Perfectly Imperfect Recipes
My recipes are perfectly imperfect. That's my way of saying when you try my recipes, your mileage may vary.
I
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Try My Favorite White Chicken Chili Recipe
I love a "dump and do" recipe, and this one is doubly good because it's a back-of-the-can recipe. Canned good recipes
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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How to Bake a Buttermilk Chess Pie
Originally published April 6, 2011.
Pie is the new cupcake. Did you know that? That's why I've spent the last month
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