Category Archives: preserving

Anniversary Apple Butter & Loving the Wrong Person

 I’m on a brief blog hiatus for the next little bit, so I thought posting some of my favorite posts from the past would be a good way to fill in until I got a new blog post up.  This post … Continue reading

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Anniversary Apple Butter & Loving the Wrong Person

Loving the wrong person We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us, but if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you … Continue reading

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Saving Summer for Later with Marinated Sun-dried Tomatoes

I've spoken before at great lengths about my tomato sickness.  Simply put, tomatoes are my crack.  So much so that I grow a ridiculous amount of them in my small garden and when my quest to grow as many heirloom tomato varieties as possible got … Continue reading

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Your Mother Was a Hamster!

My husband and I share a love built on mutual understanding, respect and a deep and abiding love for Monty Python.  He came late to this love.  On October 19, 1991, Marcus was on a University of Tennessee band bus headed home … Continue reading

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It’s Fall, isn’t it?

This is the time of year when a food lovers thoughts turn to apples, potatoes, roast pork and gorgeous winter squashes.  After all, Fall starts tomorrow and all the food magazines are publishing gorgeous spreads of food featuring hearty autumn … Continue reading

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