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Perky Produce People

September 17, 2011
Perky Produce People

If I were alone in the world and needed a friend, the first place I’d go is the produce department of my local grocery store. I mean, have you ever noticed how the people who work in the produce department always—and I mean always—say hi and ask if they can help you? Of all the places…

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Coach’s Oats No-bake Cookies

September 15, 2011
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This isn’t a cooking blog. Really, it’s not. I just seem to keep cooking things and baking things that beg to be blogged. Hence a post about a no-bake cookie using Coach’s Oats. Never heard of Coach’s? Me neither, till I found them at Costco a few months ago. I like old-fashioned oatmeal (I used…

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The Modern Woman vs. the 179-year-old Cup Cake Recipe

September 7, 2011
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Modern conveniences and I are fast friends. I could not have lived in 1832; I would have figured out a way to have myself preserved until the twenty-first century, perhaps in a pickle jar—like the ones touted in The American Frugal Housewife. I discovered this 1830s-era version of Hints from Heloise via Amazon. It was…

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Coconut Overload

August 29, 2011
Coconut Overload

This isn’t a cooking blog, which you already know if you’ve read a few of my posts. I don’t fancy myself much of a cook, although I love to bake. Occasionally I’ll make something fun that I feel like sharing, and today is one of those times. Fair warning: If you don’t like coconut, close…

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"Poise" vs "Posie"—or, why spelling matters

August 25, 2011
"Poise" vs "Posie"—or, why spelling matters

My husband has a favorite misspelling story from his business life that has to do with the word “public.” Leave out the “l,” and you’re left with what is perhaps the most feared of all misspellings. I fell victim to that same horror once too, but fortunately for my career, I caught it before it…

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