Summer

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Mushroom Cheddar Chowder

There’s this little restaurant that my husband and I have visited since the time we were married. It’s been through a couple of owners but its latest incarnation has been

Pasta

Sundried Tomato and Spinach Farfalle with Walnuts

If you’ve ever run a road race, triathlon or marathon (hell, if you’ve ever just run the kids to school), you know that it’s an immense amount of work to

Vegetables

Get Your…Vitamin A: Maya’s Morning Smoothie

Every week Kathy Magilton, the funny and wonderful writer of our What’s So Great About column, sends me into a twirl. Each Monday, like clockwork, we get her column, read

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Lisa’s Letters Home: Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake

Back in the olden days, our mothers would haul us to the doctor’s every time we had a sniffle and the doctor would promptly prescribe some sort of antibiotic. When

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Pears with Goat Cheese and Cranberries

Still need a quickie starter for tonight’s party? Laura posted this dead-easy recipe last December and the response was overwhelming. For something so simple it makes a very schmancy impression

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Baked Fried Chicken

We’ve been asking for requests on our Facebook page and getting great ideas for upcoming posts. One of the suggestions that really struck me came from Megan, who asked for

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Lisa’s Letters Home: Bonfire Baking

Remember, remember the 5th of November. It’s Bonfire Night on Monday here, which has to do with Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the houses of parliament a very long

Vegetables

Lisa’s Letters Home: Salsa Verde

I’m pretty sure that I was Italian in another life, or there are some Italian genes somewhere in my roots. I love all things Italian, particularly, their amazingly diverse (and

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Coconut Loaf

I’ve been trying to use Sundays as a way to get ahead of what has become the wind-sprints of our weeks. I try to make one meal – either something

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Smoked Haddock and Spinach Gratin

Why does the theme to my cooking often involve panic? I’m forever running late, missing ingredients, and being too tired to think by the end of the day, and my