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Continue reading →: A New Experience, a Familiar Dish
Today was one that was so much fun. We visited the Florida Oceanographic Center in Stuart. This is a center dedicated to conservation and education, with lots of interesting exhibits and programs. It may sound strange, but I think my favorite part was touching the stingrays. Before you start shouting,…
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Continue reading →: An Unexpected Read
What book are you reading right now? I’m currently reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. This is somewhat of an unexpected read for me. As much as I love historical fiction, and as many WWII novels as I’ve read, I’ve avoided anything related to the Vietnam war. It just intersects…
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Continue reading →: Where the Heart Is
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? It’s easy, when there’s only two weeks left of hurricane season and there’s another storm in the gulf, to say, “I wish I lived somewhere else.” Honestly, there are any number of reasons to not like living in…
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Continue reading →: In Praise of the Schluck
Although three of my grandparents were Pennsylvania Dutch, and they all spoke at least a bit of the German dialect commonly called Pennsylvania Dutch, I only learned a few words. The only one I still use is the one I heard most often: Schluck. The term refers to a small…
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Continue reading →: Ring it up!
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). I tend to be pretty frugal when I buy things for myself, but I made one splurge that looks more expensive than it actually was. A local jeweler was offering “grab bags:” gift bags with stones…
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Continue reading →: Citrus and Cilantro
Fair warning: if you are a person who can’t eat cilantro, you might as well pass on this post. I’m talking about two dishes, both of which include cilantro. I cook so many different recipes that some of them, as Ken says, fall off the radar. We forget about them…
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Continue reading →: Around the World in a Day
It feels strange now to go almost a week between posts, but we were out of town. We enjoyed visiting our son and his family in Orlando, and then spent a little time at Disney World. It was an opportunity to attend the Epcot Food and Wine Festival, something we’d…
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Continue reading →: Fall Feasting
I’m in the mood for autumn. I’m tired of the Florida heat and humidity, and I miss seeing fall colors. But my favorite part of fall can be celebrated no matter what the weather, because it’s the start of food season. Our family has lots of birthdays in the autumn…
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Continue reading →: Cook It Up!
What’s something you believe everyone should know. When I was teaching, I used to tell my students that there were three things needed to learn to be successful: to read, to do basic math, and to be able to speak in front of other people. But I think the real…
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Continue reading →: Philly Special
I have to credit Ken for finding this new recipe. He has always loved perusing cookbooks. He actually has a notebook where he writes down titles and sources for recipes he thinks we should try. This one, though, he found on the web. When he said, “what do you think…
