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Cheddar bread loaf on a baking sheet

Food

Quick Cheddar Bread Recipe

Soda bread recipes get their due each year around St. Patrick's Day, but these humbles loaves are worth baking
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Red ripe tomatoes in a bowl

Food Garden

My Favorite Tomato Recipes

I love tomatoes. I love to grow them. I love to cook my favorite tomato recipes. And I especially love to eat them.
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Cherry tomatoes in a plastic container on a cutting board

Food

Quick Tip for Cherry Tomatoes

This is such ridiculously easy tip for cherry tomatoes. I'm a sucker for the baskets of teeny tomatoes all year long ~
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Roasted root vegetables in a glass bowl

Food

Roasted Root Vegetables with Horseradish-Thyme Butter Recipe

Root vegetables like carrots, radishes, onions, turnips and beets, show up in spring markets. They're lovely roasted
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Banana bread with chocolate chips on a board

Food

Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips Recipe

The dark side of my brain thinks it might be fun to run a blog series "5 Things to Bake with a Dead Banana." (Meaning an
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Banana Cake with crumb topping cut into squares

Food

Banana Crumb Cake Recipe

Here's a breakfast treat, a banana crumb cake that I've made for more than two decades. It's based on a recipe from "The
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Bowl filled with seafood chowder

Food

Seafood Chowder Recipe

I've carried this recipe around for quite a few years. It's from Seventeen magazine circa early 80s. I remember showing
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Chocolate cake slice on white place

Food

Chocolate Mint Layer Cake for Spring

In March 2011, I wrote a story about growing mint in my garden and baking a chocolate mint layer cake: Ah,
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Slice of lemon cheesecake lifted out of full cheesecake on cake stand

Food

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust Recipe

Welcome to my most popular original recipe ~ Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust. In February 2012, I dreamed
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