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Cookies with currants and macadamia nuts

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Macadamia Nut and Currant Cookie Recipe

This is my new favorite cookie recipe ~ Macadamia and Currant Cookies. I think of these cookies as Garden Tour Cookies.
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Buttermilk scones on a baking sheet

Food

Buttermilk Scones Recipe

Try my buttermilk scones recipe One of the dearest compliments I've ever received on food that I've made, and keep in
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Bowl of vegetable soup with bread and a spoon

Food

Bean Soup with Turkey and Greens Recipe

When the doomsayers of the Weather Channel predicted a hurricane that would hit the Big Bend of Florida and churn inland
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Oatmeal in a yellow bowl

Food

Steel Cut Oats for Breakfast

I'm one of those people who loves breakfast. Like, I could eat two or three breakfasts each day. I love eggs and bacon
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Sliced tomatoes on a piece of multigrain bread with goat cheese spread

Food

Tomato Sandwich for Breakfast

It's a time-honored rite for gardeners and foodies -- standing over your kitchen sink in the dog days of summer, chowing
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Ukrainian sandwich with sausage, tomato and cucumber on buttered bread

Food

Ukrainian Sandwich Recipe

Food is the easiest way to learn about a culture and that's how this delicious sandwich recipe came my way. I first
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Blackberry doobie dessert with a scoop of ice cream in a bowl

Food Garden

Blackberry Winter

This story first appeared in my blogspot blog in May 2011. Blackberry winter visited us last week, two nights of
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Barbecue sauce in a jar

Food

Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Being within driving distance of top-quality barbecue means I rarely cook the stuff myself. (Although I recently tried a
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Black bean and corn salsa in a bowl

Food

Black Bean and Corn Salsa Recipe

This black bean and corn salsa recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog June 1, 2014. I’m sure I’m not the only who
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