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All it took was four white cloud kissed sapphire blue sky days of hiking in the mountains in Colorado to bring some much needed joy to my so...

  Fall has officially arrived. Its long-awaited arrival means different things for different parts of the country. Here in the Midwest, it m...

  While channeling my inner Ansel Adams I took a black and white photo of myself with the Tetons in the background. Little did I know this r...

Once the dog days of summer arrive here in the midwest, I make an attempt to avoid making anything requiring a long cooking time in a hot ov...

  "When someone cooks for you, they are saying something. They are telling you about themselves: where they come from, who they are, wh...

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  Ten years ago I shared a recipe for Pimento Cheese . And for the past decade it's been my go-to recipe. Not unlike most 'firsts...