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Pink Angel Squares Recipe

August 30, 2010

Pink. I hate it. It’s yet another carry over from my childhood. Every time I wore any shade of fuschia, magenta or bubble-gum some well-meaning adult would put a hand to my forehead and ask me if I was feeling all right. Classmates? They’d just tell me to get a tan. Hear encouragement like this [...]

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From the Archives: Thai Coconut Soup

June 6, 2009

I’m on the road this week and will be dipping into the archives for a few tasty blasts from the past. This posts features a recipe that can warm you in winter but goes down easy any time of year. And if you’re complaining about the heat, my winter woes might change your mind. Thai [...]

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Thai Coconut Soup

December 19, 2008

The long-predicted storm has hit. Fluffy, delicate flakes are not wafting from the heavens like diamond dust making everything merry and bright. Au contraire! Tiny, razor-sharp ice crystals are thrashing about in the wind, whitewashing the great outdoors. In this weather, a jaunt for the mail morphs into a life-threatening journey. I’m no dummy. Andrew [...]

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Allison’s Idea Ice Cream

August 7, 2008

Mom asked for lemon cake with raspberry filling for her birthday. Instead, she got a botched coconut layer cake and a new type of ice cream. As the Stones said, you can’t always get what you want. In this case, the lyrics applied not just to my mother, but to me. My birthday surprise wasn’t [...]