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Maple-Glazed Apple and Sweet Potato Gratin

They started out in neat rows, but as I didn’t have a turkey baster, I gently flipped them while baking. If you have a type A personality like me, it should come as no surprise that I’m already testing out recipes for Thanksgiving. It looks like a small one this year — just us and […]

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Karate Dragons!

Dragon doing a karate shoulder stand. KYOP! Sadie has started her own blog: Karate Dragons! It encompasses her two current loves — yes, you guessed it — karate and dragons. It’s pretty amazing, especially when you consider the primary author is 8 years old. Take a look and if you’d like to send her a […]

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Michael Pollan: "The Vegetable-Industrial Complex"

From “The Vegetable-Industrial Complex” by Michael Pollan, published 10/15/06 in The New York Times: Soon after the news broke last month that nearly 200 Americans in 26 states had been sickened by eating packaged spinach contaminated with E. coli, I received a rather coldblooded e-mail message from a friend in the food business. “I have […]

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ANZAC Biscuits

Sadie’s class is traveling around the world — not literally; public school systems rarely have that kind of money… Groups of four to five kids are assigned a country, research their given topic (flora/fauna, food, culture, etc.), and present their work to the class. On Friday, the class is exploring Australia. For the food portion, […]

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The Mighty Cupcake

“Cupcake” by Karen Fincannon. Rachel is hosting a cupcake swap over at Food Maven. Check it out and sign up!

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Retro Recipe Challenge # 3 Round Up!

Our mission: to explore recipes first published in the year of one’s birth – or at least, in a year within five of one’s birth. Our guides: Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman, ready to take us on a culinary tour of the 20th century. Mr. Peabody: Sherman, set the Waybac Machine for 1987. Sherman: […]

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Retro Recipe Challenge # 4: Fall Favorites

It’s that time of year again. There’s a crispness in the air. Apples and pumpkins are in season. The coats, gloves, and scarves emerge from storage. There’s Halloween AND Thanksgiving to celebrate. It’s fall and it’s wonderful. Retro Recipe Challenge #4 is all about Fall Favorites. Go on the hunt for old recipes that work […]

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Retro Recipe Challenge #3 Submission: Cowboy Cookies

Retro Recipe Challenge #3 Deadline: Sunday, October 15 at 11:59pm. If you’ve ever set foot inside a bookstore in New York State, chances are you’ve spotted this iconic book: First published in 1981, Applehood & Motherpie: Handpicked recipes from Upstate New York is a collection of recipes put out by the Junior League of Rochester. […]

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Celebrations : A night at the Abner Adams House and dinner at the Holloway House

The Abner Adams House B & B, located in Bloomfield, NY. Shane’s birthday and my birthday are just a day apart (October 12 and 11, respectively) and our anniversary is on Shane’s birthday. So October is always festive for us and this year, we chose to celebrate our “banniversary” (Shane’s invention, which is a little […]

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Retro Recipe Challenge #3 Deadline This Sunday

At this very moment, the Retro Recipe Challenge #3 link is the most popular one on Sticky Date. Yay! I love that! If you’re looking for the rules or some resources to find recipes, please click here. Once you’ve cooked something up, send your posting to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by this Sunday at 11:59 EST .

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