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White Tablecloth
Maybe it’s crept in with older age or maybe it’s been there all along, but I find my dining tendencies these days are more white tablecloth than sawdust on the barroom floor. I also find my mate is the opposite.
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Dieting Tips
Tomorrow marks the last day of the weight loss challenge Earl and I have been participating in for the past twelve weeks. We’ve worked hard to shed extra pounds; and both of us have been successful. The trick is to
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Baloney
Earl has become interested in baloney. Or rather bologna, the American style sausage. He’s recently read about fried bologna sandwiches and apparently has never had one. I’m surprised since he’s regaled me with tales of his mother’s southern cooking and
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Weight Loss Challenge
We are now at the half-way point of the weight loss challenge Earl and I joined in late April. He’s lost a noticeable fifteen pounds; I’m hovering at six. Both of us feel pretty good about it. We’ll stick it
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Losing Weight
The very first diet I attempted was as a senior in high school where I used the Catholic concept of Lent to restrict my caloric intake. Given that I attended an all-girls Catholic high school at the time, my motivation
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Freezer Frenzy
The presidential candidates are on to New Hampshire for a blitz between now and Tuesday evening’s voting. In honor of that state, I’ve decided to clean out our two freezers over the next few days. These two things might seem
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Information in Print
I’m always tearing interesting things from newspapers and magazines as I read them, and here is a sampling of what last night’s foraging found.
A small magazine that reviews new books had an even smaller ad on page seventeen for
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Dining Out
The local golf club offers ten dollar entrees on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; which means the dining room is crowded and you need a reservation, unless you get there before five fifteen. We rarely do.
And each time we dine
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Church Supper
Earl and I just returned from a church supper, the kind where the ladies of the congregation do all the cooking and everyone else does all the eating. We were guests of someone who works with Earl, and it was
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Heating vs. Cooking
I have never been a devotee of the microwave, even though I took cooking lessons when I purchased my first one years ago. I went to this free class and watched the presenter prepare an entire meal from scratch. It
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