Here’s my confession . . . I am not a baker.  I do not have the patience to mess with all those fancy little embellishments on itty-bitty cookies, cupcakes or the like.  Nor am I ever inclined to perfect my macaron (in fact, I’ve never even attempted to make one, let alone perfect my skill);  I leave that to the many talented professionals – and there are so many out there – check here, here and here for starters.  These folks eat, sleep and live for that kind of detail work.  Me?  Give me heft.  Give me something I can scoop, roll, slice or plop.  Set it and forget it.  That I can do.

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52 Sundays; august 29, 2010

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MARTHA’S SWEET CORN W/BABY BEETS & BASIL

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Musical pairing – The Beat Goes On by Sonny & Cher Our garden is beginning to wind down but we’re planning to try some cool weather plantings which we’ve never done before so that will be an interesting experiment.  Niece Avery has been dropped off for her first year at Indiana University in Bloomington; The [...]

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52 Sundays; august 22, 2010

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CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK SIGNING . . . & CANTALOUPE

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Musical pairing – Missed Opportunity by Hall & Oates Last March, The Professor and I took our first trip to Charleston, SC and absolutely fell head-over-heels in love!  Instead of staying in a hotel, we rented a house about one block from one of the prettiest beaches I’ve ever seen and spent the entire week [...]

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BREAKFAST BREAD PUDDING W/PEACHES & ALICE

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Musical pairing – So Good by Brian Culbertson So there I was last week sitting in a light-filled room listening to Pam Anderson of Three Many Cooks talk about recipe development; the one day workshop had just started and I had moved from my chair to stand at the back of the room so that [...]

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52 Sundays; august 15, 2010

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BIG SUMMER POTLUCK & DOUGHNUT MUFFINS

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Musical pairing – Taking Chances by Celine Dion I DID IT!!! I flew by myself to Pennsylvania last Friday, rented a car and drove BY MYSELF (with Lilly’s help – I’ve named my GPS Lilly) to the home of ThreeManyCooks and met people I only knew on Twitter; then flew back home on Sunday – [...]

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52 Sundays; august 9, 2010

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BIG SUMMER POTLUCK

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Tomorrow is the much Tweeted about ‘Big Summer Potluck’ hosted by fellow bloggers ThreeManyCooks and IvoryHut – super talented ladies, great recipes and hysterically funny! I’ve been on pins and needles for weeks anticipating the trip and everything I would learn, but mostly I’m excited to meet the 30+ bloggers who are gathering here in [...]

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OUR CHICKEN FARMER

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These are a few of the happy chickens down the road who supply our eggs.

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