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Classic Apple Dumplings, With an Appearance by my Evil Twin

Apple dumplings just sound good. Ever since coming across a picture of apple dumplings in a 1970s Southern
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A Labor of Love: Homemade Egg Pasta

Homemade pasta is one of those "many hands make for light work" kitchen projects. Sure, it can be made alone, and it's a
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Granddaddy’s Cast-Iron Skillet Fried Corn

One of the distinctive characteristics of living in the New South, cookie-cutter suburban Atlanta, is that the Old
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Low Country Love: Shrimp & Grits

If there is a universal code of comfort food, surely shrimp and grits would be part of it. If I were writing the rules,
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7 Layer Salad Recipe

This story with 7 Layer Salad Recipe first published on my blogspot blog as "P is for Potluck (and Peas!)" Contrary
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Brownies or Fudge? You Decide

This is my favorite brownie recipe. Forgedabout boxed mixes, (some of which are actually very good). This recipe is just
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Kiss My Cheek and Call Me Betty Crocker!

When I forget to defrost the chicken in the freezer, I go to the pantry for a can of salmon and make salmon patties.
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Lemon Pudding Love

After 20 years of marriage, you think I’d know this companion, best friend, loving father of my children. A man who
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Welcoming 2010 with Breakfast

Our New Year’s breakfast is a week late, because the girls were visiting friends last weekend. I was at home, working
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