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Who doesn’t love Chips and Salsa?  It's one of our favorite food groups. I had tried, in the past, to make salsa that compared to restau...

the cabin I have spent the Christmas weekend with my family at my parents’ cabin in the woods- it is picturesque and perfect for a...

Brownies. Classic. Simple. Yet not so simple.  All brownies were NOT created equal!  In fact, the variance between brownies, in quality and ...

One of my very favorite holiday treats is Peppermint Bark.  Is it because it’s basically hunks of white chocolate with crunchy peppermint?...

December is such an odd month in my kitchen and in my culinary-mind.  I am a college professor, so December is a wild month with the end of ...

Last night we got our Christmas tree!  The house is a wreck, as we just got home from traveling to see family for Thanksgiving, but in the ...

‘Tis the season for traditions!  I love them- some from my household growing up, some from generations past, and some that we have created i...