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Beans and Cornbread

Some would not consider this a meal.  I do not understand those people, but I will love them anyway.  I have made beans as long as I can remember.  Sometimes they have been really good.  Other times, nothin’ special.  What is the secret to delicious beans?  In … Continue reading

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Happy Black Eyed Peas Day!

I’m a southern gal, it’s true.  Like my Mama, I always, ALWAYS serve black eyed peas on New Year’s.  It’s the right thing to do–like not wearing white shoes before Labor Day (or after Easter) and keeping  ”sweetea” in the ice box.  Black … Continue reading

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Giving In: The Trend Toward Healthy Eating

I’m a bit of a rebel.  I tend to shy away from the latest trends simply because I don’t want to go along with what everyone else says is “cool”.  I have my own mind and I don’t want to be … Continue reading

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Fair Baking

I just love getting in the kitchen with my children!  It is such a joy.  I love teaching them how NOT to get flour all over the kitchen when they turn on the mixer.  I love showing them how to … Continue reading

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Rum Cake- Part II

  Rum cake has rum in it.  Go figure.  We live in a “dry community”, which means there are no alcoholic beverages sold in stores within the city limits.  That will actually be changing soon, but that’s not the point.  … Continue reading

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Rum Cake

I am making rum cake for the first time.  I never knew how wonderfully delicious rum cake could be until we had it one evening at a local coffee shop…or maybe it’s a coffee house.  Aren’t coffee shops sort of … Continue reading

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