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Shrimp with Grapes, Citrus, and Rum
So simple to make and simply delicious! Ingredients Instructions Based on a recipe from The Spiced Life, which was based on a recipe in Susan Volland’s Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes.
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Quick Fish Chowder With Hot Butter Crackers
My wife and I do not often cook dinner together. She is the baker. And I am the maker. I am now reminded of the Aztec Two Step song, You Do The Bakin. Recently, Susan and I made this chowder together and it was delicious. Quoting Sue Li from The New York Times: “As easy…
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PERSIMMON BREAD
The young women bagging my groceries when seeing the three persimmons asked, “What are those?” “Those are persimmons,” I answered. “What do you do with them? What do they taste like?” She asked. “I am going to make persimmon bread and they taste a bit like sweet apples, honey-like.” I had never heard of persimmons…
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Thanksgiving Recap
A family Thanksgiving tradition: we host our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren for breakfast, gift-giving, watching the Macy’s Parade and the dog show. We have the grandchildren open their Christmas gifts on Thanksgiving as on Christmas day at our daughter’s home, what with all the relatives there, it is a bit hectic or chaotic. In Thanksgiving…