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Archive for July, 2012

Beautiful Blues

Last week there were reports of ripe wild blueberries ready for the picking in the mountains of Vermont. I had dreams of creating blueberry buckle, cobbler, muffins, pancakes. It was a hot, humid day…but that did little to dampen my spirits as we climbed Blueberry Hill.

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Grill, baby, grill!

There are days when the kitchen is just too hot. When the thought of turning on the oven is just too much! What to do, what to do?! I’ll give you a step by step tutorial on how I threw together a little pizza dough, fresh heirloom tomato sauce and grilled it on up! A [...]

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Sticky Situations

Summer…that word rolls right off the tongue. Sweet, sweet summer. I tried out a new recipe yesterday – sticky balsamic glazed ribs! Note: there will be a few graphic photos up ahead. Consider yourselves warned!

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Strawberries, Strawberries!

Last week I had a very important early morning date. It was the sort of date you don’t need to get all glamorous for – shorts, a t shirt and your flips will work just fine. No need for fancy hair and makeup – a ponytail will do. By 7:30 Sweet Z and I had [...]

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