The choice of cooking oils has expanded from one or two vegetable oils and olive oil to a wide range of nut and seed oils, many with purported health benefits along with unique flavor characteristics. The grocery store shelves are lined with everything from imported extra virgin olive to walnut and avocado oil. …
On long, cold winter weekend days I’m typically in the kitchen making soup or baking bread or some other hearty dish. Today it is snowy and cold outside but after coming in from shoveling I really wasn’t in the mood for something heavy. What I really wanted was something light and fresh and …
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We took down all our Christmas decorations this weekend. I always have mixed emotions about that. It just signals the end to the holidays and that is just plain depressing. The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year. Ah well, now we head into a long (at least in the …
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Food traditions are an important part of a family’s history and even more special around the holidays. Here is a little about one of my more recently acquired food traditions – and one of my favorites!
