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It's the first day of school at our house. What song did I hear blaring when my older son's alarm went off this morning? It cracked me up. It's a crazy busy week ... I'll be back with food posts next week.

Ha ha ha ... got your attention, didn't I? OK, Sir Paul didn't really agree to appear on Rah Cha Chow. I found this on YouTube. But what could be more appropriate for this blog than Paul McCartney making mashed potatoes? Rock & roll and mundane food, all in the same post! Every time he got...

If you want an entertaining read, take a mosey over to Alosha's Kitchen to read about her battle with Cook's Country (same folks as America's Test Kitchen and Cooks Illustrated ). Apparently she got her hand slapped for running one of their recipes on her blog, and indicating that she made...

I'm still not cooking or baking (or even eating that much). So today I'll point you to a different sort of food blog: Cake Wrecks -- a site devoted to professional cakes that have gone wrong. Very funny stuff. Wish I had thought of it.

I am trying to figure out how to make this cookie, and I'm stumped. It's from Bernunzio's Deli in Penfield, which is my favorite deli in Penfield. They call it a Lemon Meatball Cookie. This cookie also comes in vanilla and chocolate, but I like lemon the best. It is lemony and so tender that...

That's me and my wonderful mom, who I appreciate more every year. I look like my Dad, as if you can't tell. I just wish the gene pool could have blessed me with Mom's long legs. We will probably spend the day at a Red Wings game and a visit to Wickham Farms (free mini golf and ice cream for...

My husband grew up in Buffalo, which is about an hour west of here. Every Easter, when my in-laws leave our house to return to Buffalo, they wish us a Happy Dyngus Day. I've asked my husband about Dyngus Day, and he gives me vague explanations of people hitting each other with *** willows. I figured...

There’s something magical in the time between awakeness and sleep. I see things. I know things. It’s like I can log in to information that I otherwise don’t have access to. Two things came to me around 4 a.m. this morning as I rocked Berry back to sleep (and fell asleep myself): Reducing...

I've added a handy new search tool to Rah Cha Chow! It searches only food blogs, which are my favorite sources of new recipes. Check it out on my sidebar. Many thanks to the food bloggers who created this tool -- and for including Rah Cha Chow in the search. I also just found a cool food blog directory...

I feel like a nervous hostess with unexpected houseguests and a messy home and an empty refrigerator. Here's why. My stepsister, Karyn, is a celebrity. (That's her on the right and me on the left, doing karaoke at my brother's rehearsal dinner last March.) VH1 named her one of the 40 Greatest...