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Japanese Party
My oldest daughter is taking a Japanese culture class and had an assignment about Japanese food to do. She’s visited Japan twice, but her professor asked her to write about a new experience. So, we...
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San Francisco Eats: By Land and By Sea
I took a weekend trip to visit my sister who lives in Australia. She was in San Francisco for a few days, and I hadn’t seen her in over a year. It wasn’t a long enough trip, but we did get in a few...
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Stranded But Not Starving
One of my favorite books on food is Culinary Artistry written by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. This book breaks down what goes in to making a chef, a culinary artist. Recipes and restaurant menus...
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Creamy Chicken and Spinach Quiche
I am an unabashed Francophile when it comes to food and drink. Give me anything associated with French cuisine, and I feel instantly chic. It’s Audrey Hepburn’s fault…or rather Audrey as Sabrina....
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Sagebrush Cantina Lake Orion
Lake Orion, Michigan is a fickle town, as far as dining out is concerned. Restaurants come and go rather quickly. Some are good, some have been bad. It is puzzling because the places that people...
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Lemon-Thyme Pork Roast with Rainbow Chard and Balsamic Glaze
Lemon-Thyme Pork Roast with Rainbow Chard and Balsamic Glaze This is what happens when a colorful bunch of rainbow chard catches my eye at the grocery store! It ends up in the cart, then I start to do...
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Phyllo Custard Pie with Apricots and Walnuts
Every time I visit my favorite wine shop in town, the owner’s wife chats me up about what I’m cooking lately. The last time I was in, she told me her secret, no-fail dessert recipe for ruffled phyllo...
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Barbecue Turkey Meatloaf with Confetti Vegetables
My father refuses to eat meatloaf. Period. As the oldest of my grandmother’s six children, he has put his foot down in protest of this economical comfort food. He claims his mother could take a...
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Caesar-Marinated Grilled Chicken Salad
The ubiquitous Chicken Caesar Salad…I love it because it’s a delicious and light meal. I hate it because it is on nearly every menu I’ve seen. I refuse to pay for one at a restaurant because they...
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Christmas Trees and Pizza Papalis
As my sweetheart had recently taken a job in Downtown Detroit – with a big, not-to-be-named company whose offices happen to be facing Campus Martius – we decided to go to the annual tree lighting...
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Japanese Party
My oldest daughter is taking a Japanese culture class and had an assignment about Japanese food to do. She’s visited Japan twice, but her professor asked her to write about a new experience. So, we...
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San Francisco Eats: By Land and By Sea
I took a weekend trip to visit my sister who lives in Australia. She was in San Francisco for a few days, and I hadn’t seen her in over a year. It wasn’t a long enough trip, but we did get in a few...
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New Food Adventures on the Whole Life Challenge
I recently took the plunge and joined the Whole Life Challenge with about 200 other people in my town. We are currently in week three, and I am finding it refreshing to be cooking again! Again? Yes!...
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