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Lip Smackin’ Ribs from The Next Food Network Star

Posted by Cate under Narrative

Anyone watching The Next Food Network Star? One of the contestants’ challenge in the last episode was to make a summer grilling recipe, and the winner of the challenge got their recipe featured on the cover of the July issue of Bon Appetite magazine. Rory nailed it with her ribs, using a recipe she makes […]

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Last Supper

Posted by Cate under Narrative

I am gearing up for our last dinner at Cate and The Husband’s current home. Kind of sad if you think about it. I feel like the young grasshopper from Kung Fu who has been nurtured and now ready to take on the world. It hit me this week that I have a lot of […]

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ARF/5-A-Day #74

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Another ARF/5-A-Day is already here, and with summer vegetables sprouting up all over, there is no shortage of inspiration.
First up this week is Claire from Cooking is Medicine, taking a little sweet advice from Dorie Greenspan’s Honey Wheat Cookies:
The Chocolate Lady lets me off the hook this week, contributing something I know all about … […]

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Changing Taste Buds

Posted by Cate under Miscellaneous

I’m convinced that our taste buds grow, mature and even change over the years. Growing up, you couldn’t pay me to eat salmon. The only way I would touch it is in this creamy risotto style dish my Mom makes (which I’m, ahem, still waiting for the recipe for). A few years ago, I went […]

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Cool Crab Salad on a Hot Day

Posted by Cate under Narrative

Catching up on my magazine reading today, the June/July issue of Garden Plate made it to the top of my pile. There was a feature article on different recipes to use avocado (love them!), and a recipe for Crab and Avocado Salad (totally ignoring the Oatmeal and Avocado Cookies - um, yuck?!). I had two […]

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