Cranberries. They are mandatory at Thanksgiving, but I don’t know too many people to elbow someone out of the way to get to the cranberry sauce. It’s weird, you only see the stuff once a year, and wouldn’t it be better to save room for pie? Due to European friends’ fascination with cranberries, I thought…
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Ginger Crinkles, the Bestest Cookie Ever
My Grandma Molly gave me this recipe several years back, and it is easily my favorite Christmas cookie recipe. (Except the Russian tea cakes from Carol, which I love for very different reasons and because Muppet dog loved them just as much.) I seem to remember her picking it up from Better Homes and Gardens…
Even the Pies Are Branded, or How Four and Twenty Blackbirds Gets Us Invited to Dinner
I grew up in an area where there are some amazing cooks, the kind of place where it is well worth the effort to snag one of those old church cookbooks with recipes donated by different women in the valley. You’ll undoubtedly find new ways to use cream of mushroom soup, casseroles, and slow-cooker recipes,…
Showered with Love, or How Quilts and Cookies Make the Day
A very good friend had her third child in February of 2015. As you might guess, she and her husband were over-the-moon happy, and so am were all of their friends. At long last, one of my Austin friends is having a girl. (I have lots of nieces, and they are delightful, but they live up…
Bearkiller, Breakfast of Camping Champions
A bearkiller morning breakfast for campers and hikers!
An Open-Door Philosophy, or Leaving with More than You Bargained
In small towns, people leave the doors unlocked more often than not. It makes it quite handy to duck in and leave things on the kitchen table, but every once in a while you catch someone unaware. Like Nicky’s mum, who was visiting from England. Legend has it that a friend walked in to drop…
Breakfast Taco Addictions, or Why Bacon Makes Everything Better
Here in Texas, we have these amazing things known as breakfast tacos. Also here in Texas, we do not understand why the rest of the planet does not make and consume breakfast tacos as they are perhaps the yummiest and bestest food invention since bacon. Way back when, a friend and I would spend Sunday…
The Occupational Hazards of the Bison Rice Casserole Distribution
A cold-weather casserole that makes everything better!
The Delectable Joys of Breakfast for Dinner
The delectable joys of eating breakfast for dinner…
The Bison Lentil Chili Addendum
Recipe for bison-lentil chili…
You Know You’re Small Town When the Flower Gardens Sport Irrigation Rows, or How Apple-Rhubarb Crisp Makes Everything Better
Small-town gardens that sport irrigation rows and a recipe for apple-rhubarb crisp
Engineering Exotica, or How Six-Spice Oatmeal Cookies Saved My Meetings
How Six-Spice Oatmeal Cookies Saved Engineering
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