June 2010

warm-up spring soup

18 June 2010
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With late spring temps in the 40′s we are needing some comfort food, but this is so tasty I would eat it any day of the year.  I continue to ponder that it might be nice as a cold soup, think vichyssoise, the ubiquitous potato and leek soup served hot in winter and cold in [...]

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super size me

17 June 2010
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We have been having an unusually wet spring, but hey, summer is right around the corner. Things have to warm up, right?!  It was 45°F today and I had to turn the furnace on, which should make anyone cranky in June.  After having soccer camp rained out the boys wanted to watch a movie, and [...]

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plain jane chocolate chip cookies

3 June 2010
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comfort food deluxe. I was actually trying to recreate some cookies that I had like 30 years ago, give or take…  I remember, sometime in the 1970′s, eating a cookie, well really like a batch of cookies, that were like nothing I had tasted before.  My Aunt Toni made a batch of chocolate chip cookies [...]

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cry, the beloved country

3 June 2010
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Today was the memorial for a friend who was killed in a car accident outside of Pretoria, South Africa last Thursday.  This has been weighing heavy on my heart since I heard the news last Thursday.  Even after a week I have no idea what to say.  I feel so badly for Deon.  I cannot [...]

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