Writing and sharing food with friends is a delight, hardly something that warrants reprieve. However, even the work we enjoy benefits from our stepping back, reflecting, loosening our grip (or its grip) from time to time. It was hard to lay aside the routine of writing last week, though not completely unplugged from reading my [...]
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Wild West Dining Tour Offers Tidbits and Tales in Old Colorado City
Take a walk down Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City and its charm invites you to relax and stay awhile. Sprinkled among the shops, select restaurants welcome neighbors and visitors stopping-in on a Wild West Dining Tour guided by Samantha Bruner of Colorado Springs Food Tours. Samantha provides historic anecdotes of the brick and mortar, [...]
Grilled Sweet Onions: Making Summer That Much Sweeter
With grilling season in full swing, the grill and deck become an extension of our kitchen and dining room. Summer’s warmth is brief here in Colorado, so most evenings you’ll find us preparing dinner outside. We love grilling steaks, chicken, and fish, but there is always room on the grill for the season’s finest produce. [...]
Cedar Plank Grilled Chicken
Grilling is more than an occasional summertime excuse for a party around our house—it is a year-round brave-the-weather habit. Over the weekend, temperatures hit the 80° mark here in Colorado and my cedar planks were ready for duty. This recipe was used to grill chicken for Chicken Alfredo and it was amazing with its [...]
Temp-eramental Spring: From Salads to Chicken & Dumplings
Here in the foothills of Pikes Peak we are used to capricious weather, sometimes 40° swings in a single day. Spring is our most fickle season as ladies schedule their pedicures yet keep their boots close at hand. Meal planning in the spring is tricky if your food-mood follows the forecast like mine. Comfort foods [...]
Bid Winter Adieu with Spinach-Strawberry Salad
Our daughter loves strawberries. She knows it is important to buy in-season produce, so she looks forward to strawberry season like none other. Here in Colorado the growing season is quite short, so local strawberries are not available until June—this makes me thankful for California growers who can deliver this sweet treat in early April. [...]
Repost: The Primary Issue
For those who follow this blog and were wondering why you are only seeing recipes posted as of late, I decided to start a new blog for my political, personal, and random musings. It’s a way for me to be a little more organized. So if you’d like, you can subscribe to The Stuff of [...]
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Egg & Sausage Casserole [GF]: A Hospitality Series
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Cream Cheese Fruit Tart with Almond Crust Recipe [GF]: A Series on Hospitality
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Pad Thai with Shrimp ~ Quick & Easy Weeknight Recipes
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Orange Balsamic Glazed Ribs ~ Banish the Ho-Hums!
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Helen’s Chicken Soup: A Bowl of Comfort
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Date-Fudge Truffles with Sea Salt
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In My Kitchen, May 2013
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john@kitchenriffs: I was wondering what happened to it! I need my fi...
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Maureen | Orgasmic Chef: Another group of fantastic dishes! I don't know ...
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Gourmantine: It sounds you've been seriously busy lately, but ...
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Judy Purcell: Hi Pam, thanks so much for taking time to let me k...
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Pam: I made this cake the other day and it got rave rev...
