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Peering into the Past

When I was a kid, around age 4 or so, my grandmother had a clean-your-plate rule. I was a pretty good eater back then (oh, for that metabolism these days, right?) so compliance wasn’t usually…

One day shy of a year after the admission of Texas via treaty, Iowa becomes the 29th state on December 28, 1846.

Though considered mainly agricultural (it is in the midst…

I’ve often recommended the Menu Mailer by Saving Dinner to folks who have trouble answering the ‘What’s for dinner’ question from week to week. It’s convenient, inexpensive, offers of variety of menu options and takes the weight…

It’s fitting that this week’s state is Texas as I was planning to be in the Lone Star State this weekend for the Dallas Webcomics Expo, but scheduling issues (and that little trip to Nebraska in June)…

I love leftovers. Leftovers, for me, mean

• I don’t have to cook the next day.
• I don’t have to do dishes the next day.
• I don’t have to go out for lunch or pick-up take-out that comes in

…

Over at Sips & Shots I made a Master List of the states and cocktails we’ve covered so far and it brought up the question of favorites.

My favorite drink, so far, of the first half of…

After talking about recipe basics over at What to Feed Your Raiding Party, I recently ran into a great example of why pre-reading is so very important!

We had a little family fish-fry…

Oh, hey, did you think we were done with the East Coast? That we were at least finished with the Southeast, moving as we are through the Midwest and all?

Not exactly.…

The second week of our cooking through Almost Meatless was just as tasty as the first. Maybe even more so?

We started with Shabu Shabu Soup. Traditionally this soup…

On the cruise last January one of the couples we shared our dinner table with was from Michigan. The demonstrated exactly where by holding up their right hand and using it as a visual aid. Apparently this is a…