Tag Archive 'treats'

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Am I going to too far with the whole ‘Making Love In The Kitchen’ themed posts? You should see the creepy search terms people put into google that land them on my site. I can only imagine how disappointed someone must be when they type in “grandma making love videos” and come upon silly me [...]

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I am fresh off the plane following a deliciously sweet twenty-three days spent  travelling the remarkable Caribbean Islands of St. Lucia and Dominica. I don’t think I have fully processed all the magic I experienced, the people I met, the difference ways of living I observed, the incredible food I ate and the sights, sounds [...]

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Fruit Cakettes

When this photo (not the one above) appeared with a post I had written for The Appetizer, I sent my an email to my editor inquiring about the photo and what the little green bits were (in my nutrition naivete, I thought they were peas). I was informed that in the tradition of Christmas Fruitcake, [...]

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Oh black licorice. Black licorice is one of those candies like rosewater flavoured Thrills gum; a flavour we either love or we hate. There is no middle ground. Black licorice has an odd nostalgic connection for my family. My dad’s grandfather owned a general store in Council Bluffs, Iowa where he stocked all sorts of [...]

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