I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but my sister-in-law likes to tease us that all recipes in my family are named after someone. Such is the case with Peg's Sugar Cookies. Peg is the mom of one of my brother's friends growing up. When I moved from the elementary school in my district to the middle school to teach seventh grade, she was also the aide in my library. Peg's a


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Good grief, maybe someday I'll share an actual recipe again. This is another I use about a pound of this, a smidge of that. I'm blaming my dad. He "taught" me this recipe after we ate at Coco Pazzo in Chicago and had a similar dish. This is what we came up with and it's pretty close.  In my house it is named after my dad, who my boys call DD. DD's


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I feel like this recipe is found in Finding Beauty. I need to reread my books and see where I've shared it, but it's one of my favorites. Basically think of an easy version of a creamy pasta with veggies. I made this up, so the recipe is pretty loose. :)  16oz mushrooms1 head of broccoli4 oz chopped pancetta1 lb pasta - I like orecchiettecream,


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The last three newsletters have been recipes that aren't recipes. This one is no better. My parents lived in St. Louis after my dad got out of law school. They talk about a restaurant there that they loved named Rich and Charlies. There were certain recipes that they had often and worked to figure out how to create their own version. One is a salad that they


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This is going to be some next-level ridiculousness for a recipe, but I can't help it, I love it. Somehow I made it to the ripe old age of forty-seven not understanding corn tortillas. When I'd use them, they'd break in half.  Every. Single. Time.  This continued to be an issue until I found a video and adopted the following method for


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