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Top 10 Recipes of 2015 ~ Your Favorites

02/10/2016 |

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2015 was as great a year for you as it was for me and…

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Top 10 Recipes of 2014 ~ Reader’s Choice Awards

01/02/2015 |

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2014 was as great a year for you as it was for me and…

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My Vintage Russel Wright American Modern Plate

03/07/2014 |

I was paging through the recent Martha Stewart magazine and on the very last page was an article about the…

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The Food of Camp Blogaway 2013

09/25/2013 |

Last May, over the Memorial Day Weekend, I attended Camp Blogaway for the fourth year and it was as fun,…

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Chef Paul McCullough’s Cookbook… Roma-therapy

07/21/2013 |

I am very excited to finally be writing about Chef Paul McCullough and Jeremy Stanford’s cookbook Roma-therapy. Last October I…

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My Oldest Son’s Wedding and I Learn to Make Vietnamese Spring Rolls

06/30/2013 |

On Saturday May 18, 2013, after a 10 year courtship and engagement, FINALLY, my son and his fiance got married!…

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My Kitchen Tool Drawers

04/20/2013 |

When you go to a friend’s house, you can easily see what tools they keep on their kitchen counters. But…

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My Food Photographs as Art ~ A Homage to My T1i

02/10/2013 |

Well, here I am without a camera. On Friday, my trusty Canon Rebel T1i was sent off to the Canon…

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Top 10 Recipes of 2012

01/03/2013 |

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2012 was as great a year for you as it was for me and…

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Chef Paul McCullough’s Cookbook Photo Shoot

10/05/2012 |

Remember back in 2007 on The Next Food Network Star, there was that cute young Hollywood Celebrity Chef and Caterer…

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A woman with glasses smiling for the camera.Hello! My name is Lynne Hemer, and I am a woman obsessed with food and cooking, in search of new, unusual, exotic, and sublime ingredients and recipes. I love reading cookbooks, taking cooking classes, going to restaurants, photographing food, and blogging about it all! I hope you enjoy my website as much as I enjoyed creating it.

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