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Dec.12.2012 Chanukah Program, just a click away! Just heard from adorable Angela Elam at New Letters in KC, that they will put up a link to the Chanukah program tomorrow, Thursday, after noon. www.newletters.org. You'll hear me reading Chanukah stories from One For Each Night, and four Jewish women from Kansas City--old and young--will be...	Nov.11.2012 The Everything-But-the-Kitchen-Sink Chocolate Chip Cookie Hubby and I had a serious discussion the other day. It was about the benefits of chocolate chip cookies. We're not talking ordinary chocolate chip cookies but the ones I whip up in the kitchen--the ones I call my "Everything-But-the-Kitchen-Sink Chocolate Chip Cookies." And, did I mention it has...
Apr.29.2011 Submission call for Recipe Book Hi everyone, Currently, I am collecting traditional Latin American/ Aztec/ Caribbean/ Central American recipes to put together in a new Free download PDF book to release at the end of 2011. Believe it or not, the most downloaded book on my website is my FREE READ Puerto Rican Recipe's book. Go...	Dec.30.2010 Results of our Unconventional Christmas Dinner Last week I blogged about our unconventional choice to do a fondue for a small group of friends this year for Christmas dinner. The meal was a success and I thought I would post some pics here but my tech-challenged brain could not figure out how to do that, though I'm certain I've seen something...
Sep.19.2009 Grandma's Cookies This morning has been lovely. There was one more roll of Grandma's Cookies in the freezer, so I sliced and baked it and enjoyed the cookies with my morning coffee. Yesterday was my return home from San Francisco; I spent several hours past my bedtime yakking with KidTwo and KidThree, catching...	Mar.30.2009 Mango Memories Here's the mango ice cream recipe. My children love this recipe, and as you'll see, it's amazingly easy. I'm going to give you two versions of this recipe.Take a half gallon of your favorite vanilla ice cream and leave it out on the kitchen counter until it softens.Take six ripe mangoes, peel, seed...
Mar.28.2009 Cauliflower-cumin Curry, or; A Little of This, a Lot of That One of my readers, Karen, asked for a recipe, and here it is. I should confess up front that I'm not a gourmet cook, not even close. My long-suffering family will vouch to that. When my two boys were little, I felt ambitious and American one Thanksgiving and made mashed...