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Fresh peach ice cream in a bowl with a whole peach
Fresh peach ice cream in a bowl with a whole peach

Food

Fresh Peach Ice Cream (HMFPIC) Recipe

If you hold Macon, Georgia, near to your heart then you know the acronym HMFPIC from the classified ad placed in the Macon Telegraph & News each June. The ad didn't announce a clandestine meeting,
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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
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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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