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Mary’s Award Winning Chocolate Chip Cookies
My Favorite Rollout Butter Cookies
How to Fold A Tree-Shaped Napkin
Holiday Inn: Feeding a Houseful
Kugel with Raisins, Orange Zest, and Cinnamon, aka Noodle Pudding
How to Knit a Hat and Make a Pom Pom
A Birthday Tribute for My Mother: Knitting Neck Warmers with Mom’s Stash
Stocking Stuffers: Tools for the Cooking Life
Baked Ziti with Roasted Eggplant, Mozzarella, and Marinara Sauce
Meera’s Arugula, Feta, Cherry, and Toasted Almond Salad
Outrageous Roasted Rosemary Cashews
Italian Sesame Seed Cookies
Sautéed Collards (or Swiss Chard), Toasted Pine Nuts and Cranberries
Mom’s Monkey Bread, circa 1970
Winter Floral Arrangements Using Greenery from the Yard
Hot Pepper Jelly or Cranberry Brie Bites
Crunchy Roasted Tamari Almonds
Brooks’ Pork Tenderloin with an Amazing Marinade
Mom’s Marinated and Grilled Lamb
Rachelle’s Italian Sausage, Onions, and Peppers
Marlin’s Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Auntie’s Italian Fried Cauliflower
Mrs. Walker’s Cranberry Nut Pie
Grandma’s Cranberry Chutney
Yummy Shepherd’s Pie
“Croatian Cheese” a Flavorful and Exotic Appetizer Made with Feta and Goat Cheese
50 Ways to Make a Breakfast Frittata
Fruit and Nut Bread
Award Winning Buffalo Chicken Chili
My Favorite Silver Palate Chili
Kelly’s Duck Stew
Lily’s Red Velvet Cake
Italian Ricotta and Lemon Cookies
The Biscuit King

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A super fun spiral hand-knit hat pattern from @isolahandmade called Mega Spun. Pattern purchased on @hi.ravelry . I used Malabrigo Rasta from my mother’s yarn stash. Gauge: 2 stitches/inch #carknitting #momsstash #knithats

Somewhere in western Virginia. #beaglesofinstagram #americanfoxhoundsofinstagram

Hiking the Cascades Gorge in Hot Springs, Virginia with longtime friend, Marty Chapman, aka @csmsgparentlink ❤️. Wearing favorite cowl by another friend @annshayne #bretoncowl

Making a roux for the turkey/duck/sausage GUMBO. I was taught to stir the roux until it becomes the color of “Ronald Reagan’s brown suit,” OR, as in this case, until the smoke defector goes off. Cook fat and flour until the flour is toasted, minimally for gravy, and until brown for gumbo. Recipe link in profile. #dontstopstirring #alwaysastudent #gumbo

WOW and CONGRATULATIONS to my friend and author of “Late Migrations” @margaret.renkl ‼️Her essays on love and loss, families and nature read like poetry. Margaret knows how to capture and describe a moment like no other. I read and reread her stories to learn how to be a better writer. She is a love. Her brother, collage artist @billyrenkl did the cover and illustrations. I’m the happy owner of the original, gorgeous fig collage from the book! She has also gotten a shout out from her former high school student @reesewitherspoon @oprahmagazine @people and @nytimes where she writes a column every Monday. #namedropping #latemigrations

Learning to make broth is one of those skills that will make you feel so accomplished as a cook. Give it a try and let me know how you do! How to Make Turkey Broth for Gumbo: place the turkey carcass in a large stockpot. If you have any saved rotisserie chicken carcasses in the freezer, add those to the pot, as well. Add one large onion, top third of a celery plant, one large carrot, 10 peppercorns, 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar. No salt. Simmer all day. Strain stock through a large colander positioned over a large container. I use an 8-quart Cambro. Take the bones from inside the colander and put them back into the empty stockpot. We’re going to rinse those bones to get more broth. Add about a quart of hot water to bones and stir. Pour that stock through the colander into the container that has the first batch of stock in it. #nowaste Next, clean the stockpot and then run all the stock from the Cambro through a fine sieve into the empty stockpot for one last strain. Pour that sieved broth into a clean Cambro and chill overnight. Next, take bones from colander and spread out on a sheetpan. Allow to cool. Pick all the meat from bones. Watch out for tiny bones. Store meat in fridge until ready to make gumbo. Once broth is chilled, scrape fat off top. Store until ready to make gumbo. Add broth from another source if needed to get a total of 8 quarts. Recipe link is in 👉profile. #savedembones #turkeybroth #gumbobroth #howto

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