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Boy, did Charlie want to have a bite of these muffins! He couldn't, though, because there were chocolate chips in them. I found the recipe on the fabulous blog, Chocolate & Zucchini , a woman who lives in Paris and has published a couple of cookbooks. I can't read it regularly because I find...

I'm need to wrap up the last of the goodies I made at my Grandma's house in Wisconsin earlier this month. For as long as I can remember, my Grandma has made wonderful grape jelly and jam. I think the secret ingredient is the Concord grapes that her Dad, known to our family as "Big Bob,"...

I have a few go-to recipes for banana bread, but I don't have zucchini bread recipes I really love. Since I'm overloaded with zucchini from my CSA bag, now is the time to find my ultimate recipe. I'd like it to be dense, moist, and nutty. Healthy would be good, too. I've tried some recipes...

So for Fathers Day, I was going to give my husband a clean house. A week later, guess what -- it's still not perfectly clean. But I have to resign myself that it's not going to happen for awhile and get back to blogging. On Fathers Day, my husband slept in. While we were having breakfast, he...

These days, "home economics" has morphed into "home and careers," and both boys and girls take the class. My son had a recent home and careers assignment to prepare a family breakfast and then write a report about the experience. Here's his report ... and some comments from me...

True confession: I'm not good at making muffins. I can make every other kind of baked good. Crusty yeast breads, tender cakes, chewy cookies, gooey brownies -- no problem. My muffins certainly have been edible, but great muffins -- the kind with the high, rounded tops and fluffy insides -- have eluded...

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's what my guys will have for their special breakfast: Pop T'hearts! I was inspired to make these by a post on the blog of a 17-year-old cook . I figured if a 17-year-old could make them, so could I! When I saw that her recipe was baked at 450 degrees, I was concerned...

After yesterday's whining about my family's divergent food preferences, I thought I'd admit that are actually a few items that everyone will eat -- breakfast foods, like pancakes, waffles and French toast. I have excellent recipes for all three. I serve them with some kind of breakfast meat...

Camilla Saulsbury is a big name in the arena of cooking contests. She won two of the biggest national competitions -- National Chicken ($100,000 prize) and Build a Better Burger ($50,000) -- and has won money in scads of others. And now she has a lovely blog called Enlightened Cooking that focuses on...

I'm still on my New Year's quest to eat healthier/lose weight, and this is the latest breakfast recipe I've tried. These Sour Cream Coffeecake Muffins were moist and tender, and swirled with cinnamon-y goodness. In fact, they are almost too good. I can polish one off in four bites and could...