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Tofu & Soba Salad with Peanut Sauce

02/06/2014 |

I moved. I divested. I am about a ton lighter in possessions and I feel great. Lean and mean. Moving…

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Top 10 Recipes of 2013 ~ Reader’s Choice Awards

02/02/2014 |

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2013 was as great a year for you as it was for me and…

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Happy Holidays & Thank You!

12/25/2013 |

  Dear Friends, thank you so much for all your visits this past year and to those of you who…

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A bowl of green soup with meat and greens.

Turkey Lentil Curry with Ginger & Garam Masala

12/09/2013 |

Do you still have leftover Thanksgiving turkey in your freezer? Do you enjoy the flavor profile of Indian spices? Then…

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Cranberry Hand Pies

11/24/2013 |

So, I was sitting here, trying to figure out what I was going to say about these Cranberry Hand Pies,…

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Green Beans & Grapes with Persillade

11/16/2013 |

Green beans and red grapes. The colors of our winter holidays. The jeweled tones of rubies and emeralds on your…

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A bowl of soup with corn, onions and lime.

Spicy Corn Bisque with Chorizo, Poblano & Lime

11/11/2013 |

Seventeen days until Thanksgiving. Making a bullet point list of things to get done, by day. Making a shopping list.…

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Butternut & Quinoa Salad with Lemon & Honey

11/07/2013 |

I am still in Thanksgiving mode and working on my side dishes for the big feast. I really like this…

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Cauliflower Roasted with Lemon Dijon Butter

11/03/2013 |

Do you look forward to Thanksgiving every year as much as I do? It is the one time during the…

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Baked Chicken with Sauce Soubise

10/23/2013 |

Ok, let’s get this out of the way first. Sauce Soubise (pronounced soo-beez) is a variation of béchamel sauce, one…

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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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