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Are you a recipe fanatic?

September 3, 2024 By Tamera Alexander

Scrolling through recipe videos, watching cooking shows, and even reading cookbooks is a favorite past time. I especially love revisiting my Mom's cookbooks with all her markings and notations. Talk about a treasure. I made Mom's banana pudding yesterday for Labor Day, which—I discovered while searching through recipes—is almost identical to Ina Garten's, aka The Barefoot Contessa. How on earth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Recipes Tagged With: Tamera Alexander

Summertime Recipes

June 6, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

One of my favorite things about summer is all the wonderful salads, fruits, and tasty grilled meats we get to enjoy. I have fond memories of visiting my grandma and eating strawberries straight from the vine in her backyard. I didn't even wash them first. These days I don't cook as much as I used to, but when my daughter came to visit and asked if I would make one of our summertime favorites, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Recipes Tagged With: Book Sale, Summer Recipes

Mary Had a Little Lamb . . . and so did I!

May 6, 2024 By Angela Hunt

I don't know if you saw the hilarious picture of lamb cakes that was going around on Facebook . . . This photo makes me laugh every time I look at it. But because I love baking, I decided I had to make a lamb cake this year. Only I wouldn't make it at Easter, but at Passover . . . and I'd bake a cake with no yeast, baking powder, or baking soda, so there would be no leaven. (Pound cake fits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Friendship, Recipes

Reading & Recipes

March 21, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

Much of family life happens around food. Special occasions are celebrated with a favorite meal followed by a yummy dessert. People connect as they chat around the dinner table. Difficult problems are hashed out over a cup of tea or a shared pot of coffee. Illness is battled with chicken soup and a sympathetic touch. It can be the same in fictional worlds. So, when my characters share a meal, I try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading, Recipes Tagged With: Book Excerpt, If the Boot Fits

Our little cub turns ONE

December 19, 2023 By Tamera Alexander

Leo turned one last week, and we celebrated with a "Lumberjack" theme party complete with lots of flannel, buttermilk flapjacks, bacon and sausage—and cakes, of course. At this age though, the parties are really for the adults, right? Still, Leo seemed to enjoy it, too. Kellie requested a "Lumberjack Smash cake" for Leo, and she made a delicious "lumberjack" red velvet cake for us to enjoy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, Recipes Tagged With: Family, Tamera Alexander

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