peas at a party

Blogger Chris of Mele Cotte is hosting a food blog “event”:  Cooking to Combat Cancer, II.  The event celebrates the seventh anniversary of her own cancer diagnosis, honors two friends with recent diagnoses, and is in memory of her grandmother who was struck down by pancreatic cancer.  All of the recipes will be there—probably tomorrow—for you […]

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I have no idea how cheese grits became a required part of our family’s Easter lunch/brunch. We could skip the Easter bunny part, but neh-VER the cheese grits. Probably they were added to the menu when we migrated to a more brunch type meal, but none of us remembers for sure. And […]

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Diets—almost any diet—can do exactly what we want.  We want to lose weight.  I lost 70 pounds “sensibly” on Weight Watchers(r), but I could have lost it on a diet of sugar-free Dr. Pepper and chocolate chip cookies.   It wouldn’t have been healthy, but it would have worked because I was ready to lose weight.  I upped […]

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For 38 years, one of our weekend to-do’s was planning our menus for the week. Through the newlywed stage, the late 1960’s foodie fad, picky toddlers, swarms of teenagers, a peaceful empty nest, and our healthy cooking years, we planned.
Then three years ago, this came to a screeching halt. When Fizzy Meals was […]

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May your troubles be as short-lived as your resolutions.
Heh.  I can’t remember where I read this, but I would so give credit if I could.  Announcement:  this is a resolution-free zone.  Goals, yes.  Resolutions, no.  Next week, I’ll get serious about goals for the year.  By then the resolutions will have been filled away for another […]

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