peas at a party

I confess.  I’ve been known to glance at a recipe, grab one of the ingredients, and start cooking.  Reading, gathering, and chopping as I go.  Of course, I know better.  This is one of the things I learned from watching hours of Food Network television, where the stuff needed for a recipe is always right there [...]

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So much to love about summer:  mangoes, yellow squash, swimming, mangoes, watermelon, beaches, mangoes, grilling, no homework, mangoes, long days.  Did I mention mangoes?
Need I point out that fresh mangoes are a favorite thing of mine?  But cutting and cubing them can be a real pain until you learn the inside-out trick.  Then it’s actually kind of [...]

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