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      • Recipe :: Balsamic-Tomato Dipping Sauce
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      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
      • Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder
      • Recipe :: Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Recipe :: Thai Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sides
      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Cranberry Orange Cake
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass
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Bring on the Crystal :: 15 Years of Blogging

An update to my review of The Obesity Code
Book Reviews, Headline, Miscellaneous Posted onFebruary 18, 2024February 18, 2024

Update :: Intermittent Fasting and The Obesity Code

When I first posted about The Obesity Code, I indicated it was perhaps my most transparent post to date. We’ll this may top that – […] Read More

Book Review of Rabbit Run by John Updike
Book Reviews, Headline Posted onFebruary 8, 2024February 15, 2024

Book Review :: Rabbit, Run

I first read Rabbit, Run by John Updike in college and remember loving it. A year or so ago one of my best reading buddies […] Read More

Book Brief: Day by Michael Cunningham
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onJanuary 26, 2024February 15, 2024

Book Brief :: Day by Michael Cunningham

While technically Day by Michael Cunningham will fall into the category of COVID pandemic fiction, this one was beautifully and uniquely constructed—three days in three years, stretching from 2019 to 2021. The same day on the calendar, so each is a year apart.

Book Review of Women and Children First
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews Posted onJanuary 2, 2024January 2, 2024

Book Review :: Women and Children First

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski is a beautifully written story set in a small Massachusetts town. It involves the lives of mothers, daughters, […] Read More

Recipe for delicious cranberry orange cake
Cooking, Headline, Sweet Stuff Posted onDecember 26, 2023January 27, 2024

Recipe :: Cranberry Orange Cake

This Cranberry Orange Cake may be my new favorite. It is definitely my favorite for now. I used to not like cranberries. I think they […] Read More

Rooting a Holiday Cactus
Out and About, Things I Love Posted onOctober 27, 2023October 27, 2023

L&L Project :: Rooting a Holiday Cactus

If you’re like me and want to try to root and grow a holiday cactus, here’s how I did it successfully. And, using these tips, it really was quite easy.

This Naked Mind
Book Reviews, Miscellaneous Posted onAugust 23, 2023August 29, 2023

Book Review :: This Naked Mind

In This Naked Mind, Annie Grace attempts to help people reconsider their drinking habits and examine their relationship with alcohol.

Wrap up of 2022-2023 Ratings
Book Reviews Posted onAugust 12, 2023August 12, 2023

Book Club :: Book Ratings for 2022-2023

Call us book snobs. It is a label we embrace. My book club’s book ratings from 2022-2023.

Review of The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, M.D.
Book Reviews, Out and About, Things I Love Posted onAugust 5, 2023August 5, 2023

Book Review :: The Obesity Code

I’m talking about a weight loss book for the first time in more than 15 years of book blogging. This says something because I’ve been a chronic dieter since I hit my teens.

How to freeze tomatoes in order to enjoy all year long
Cooking, Things I Love Posted onJuly 25, 2023July 25, 2023

Things I Love :: Freezing Tomatoes

Maybe a more accurate title is – “Things I Love :: Frozen Tomatoes” or “Tomatoes in Winter” or “Dishes made with Tomatoes” – because all […] Read More

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