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I come from a long line of ice cream lovers. A highlight of each trip to Chicago to visit my grandma was the moment she would say, "Let's take a...

For six years the Pavlova recipe was tucked into my "Summer Recipes" file. A cooking school classmate sent it to me with her penned comment beside the recipe, "This is...

The cherries are here. Once again I must carefully position the fingers on my right hand, discreetly hiding the cuticles dark with stain and the nails that look as though...

I'm an olive lover. My husband loathes them. I think sometime during his childhood he must have had a tin-flavored pitted olive from a can and his taste buds gave...

I love little surprises. A couple of weeks ago my son, Andy, came walking into my house with a lovely turquoise box in hand. He had just returned from a...

Two New York Strip steaks were cooking on a smoldering wooden plank on our grill on the deck. The smell reminded me of a summer campfire combined with the fragrance...

I remembered my mom's words as I measured flour, brown sugar and oats into the bowl of my food processor. As clear as the music of the birds outside my...

Keeping track of all the recipes I've marked, clipped and saved over the years is a huge challenge. After digging into piles on my desk, folders in my file cabinet...

The flavor is a little unfamiliar. It's peppery. Or is it pungent? Maybe some would say a little bitter. But when you eat the delicate little greens when they are...

I picked up a copy of the current issue of Food Network magazine the other day. The cover photo is a delicious-looking cheeseburger on a sesame seed bun. And inside,...

Last year, as the month of May was nearing its end, I went to the local nurseries to shop for herbs to plant in my garden. Now I don't want...

Strudel. What comes to mind when you hear that word? My thoughts immediately travel back to my grandma's apple strudel. She would mix up some dough and then place it...

Are you ready for my next food mania? I've moved from lemons to mangoes. Although mangoes seem to be in grocery stores almost year 'round, I always seem to find...

A few weeks ago I attended the 31st annual conference of the International Association of Culinary Professionals in Denver. This year's theme was "Pioneering a Sustainable World." Sustainability is a...

It happens every year. Easter arrives just as my craving for hard-cooked eggs comes to a peak. Just before Easter, I boil a bunch of eggs. Sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren...