Grandmother Frederiksen’s Indi...
If you’ve been reading my recipes you probably guess that I am big on holiday traditions. Many years ago, shortly after my divorce,...
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If you’ve been reading my recipes you probably guess that I am big on holiday traditions. Many years ago, shortly after my divorce,...
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Growing up at our house (Whitebread Ohio in the 50s) was all about meat and potatoes. Spaghetti was exotic and only came with tons of...
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Fall is in the air. No, forget that, fall is here! After an outrageously hot summer, the nights are finally in the 40s and 50s. Time...
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Shopping as “therapy” is effective at elevating mood, and it doesn’t lead to buyer’s regret. All of the...
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I’ve never been a television person. I can go years without using my TV (when I have a working one) for anything but watching VHSs...
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My father spent most of World War II on Attu, a frozen, treeless dot in the northern Pacific at the end of the Aleutian Chain....
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June is opera season in St. Louis. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the premiere festival companies in the world. It is...
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Somewhere years ago I read that the way to a balanced diet was to make a rainbow out of your plate. What a concept! I’d always been...
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A couple of weeks ago I happened on two articles, published the same day in the New York Times. Each addressed the challenges,...
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Strawberry shortcake is a Mother’s Day tradition at our house, not because my mother particularly cares about it, but because I do,...
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I admit to a very un-feminist yearning. I would love to have a man around the house who would cook for me. Growing up, we were...
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Sometimes when you color outside the lines magic happens! About 8...
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