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  With a dozen recipes for shortbread cookies on the blog, why on earth would I possibly add one more?  Well, the truth is I have been debat...

  This year's Christmas saw the replacement of some of the long-standing traditions with some new ones. Life events over the course of t...

Many have long associated gingerbread cookies, houses, loafs, and cakes with the Christmas season. However, in its' long centuries old h...

A few weeks back, I stayed overnight at my friend Karen's house. Kind of a girl's staycation while her husband went pheasant hunting...

  If there was one canned vegetable I loved growing up it would be creamed corn.  It was the ultimate comfort food. While I don't rememb...

During the weeklong family vacation in Pentwater, Michigan this past year the seemed to be an abundance of leftover mayonnaise and pickles. ...

  If you haven't already figured out that I tend to skew more toward chaos and complexity (with regard to cooking & baking) than I d...