The best mocha cake
Gina has shared many tasty recipes that have joined our family’s list of go-to dishes. This one, you might say, takes the cake.
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Food
One pot mac-n-cheese
If you slightly undercook your pasta, then add plenty of milk and cheese to the sauce, you can come home from church to find it just about perfect.
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The Great British Baking Show
I find it extremely addicting. The episodes are short (50-60 minutes), the British accents are charming, and the personalities are wonderful.
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Summer menu: without words
I found that the words distracted from the images, and the images from the words. Which post speaks louder? Does it depend on who you are?
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Summer menu: without images
Take a chunk of meat and cook it over open flame, drizzle it with the best of barbecue sauces until it’s sizzling and moist and just the tiniest bit burnt…
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And yet I am unmoved
The point is that no amount of detached communicating is ever as effective or as fun as being With.
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Baking with Joy
When I tasted the chocolate chip cookies that night, I said WHO MADE THESE? They were that good – creamy, flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth…
Our favorite things to do with blueberries
Forty or fifty years ago, someone who lived on our property planted blueberry bushes. Here’s how our family enjoys them.
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How to cut a watermelon
I like bite-sized pieces, all ready to go. Here’s a simple method that I’ve had fun creating and playing with, in which the rind itself becomes the cutting board for watermelon cubes.
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My life on WIC
But when I really start tensing up is cashing out with multiple checks: an ordeal that takes twenty minutes, at minimum, depending…