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Red and yellow cherry tomatoes in a white bowl
Red and yellow cherry tomatoes in a white bowl

Food Garden

Cherry Tomato and Basil Saute Recipe

I love to grow cherry tomatoes in my garden. I prefer a steady supply of sweet bite-sized fruit to the sometimes-agonizing wait for slicer tomatoes. Plus, cherry tomatoes are often indeterminate
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A bowlful of hummus with chickpeas in the center

Food

My Hummus Recipe

If I still wrote corny headlines, I'd title this story "There's a Hummus Among Us." Quirky, right? Funny? I hope so.
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Tomato bread salad with basil in a yellow bowl

Food

Tomato and Mozzarella Panzanella Recipe

Fresh tomatoes and stale bread make a lovely salad you must try every summer. Italians know it as panzanella. I think
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Bowl of layered salad with peas, cauliflower, cheese, dressing and bacon.

Food

Sweet Pea 7 Layered Salad Recipe

This story and layered salad recipe first appeared on A Cook and Her Books blogspot May 17, 2010. Contrary to what
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Shredded pot roast meat over noodles in a white bowl

Food

Mississippi Pot Roast Instant Pot Recipe

Pot roast is the kind of dish I make to remind my family that I still cook. We're now a household of 3, from an
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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
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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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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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