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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Easter Ham (easiest recipe ever)

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    It's Easter next weekend. Time for another family meal. You better have a Costco membership card in your wallet...otherwise you will...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Little Bites

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  I love garlic. I use it in almost every meal I prepare. But I hate peeling garlic. In the past, I'd buy a 5-pound bag of freshly peele...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Spaghetti Cups

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  Becky and I just returned from a 10th anniversary trip to Santa Barbara. We love that city for three reasons: we were married there; it ha...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Little Bites

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  WAGYU BEEF TALLOW: Growing up, I had a passionate desire to eat every single McDonald's French Fry I could get my hands on. Why? McDon...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Brisket Crostini

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  I like eating brisket...but I hate making it. While I have enough patience for a 6 hour cook for pork spareribs, I will not put in the 12-...
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Terry Gruggen
My mother disliked cooking. Her greatest food moment came when Pop Tarts were introduced. Pop Tarts meant that an entire meal, breakfast, could be cooked in a toaster. Her mother, Goldie Dunleavy, loved to cook. Goldie and Frank (her private eye husband and renowned butter aficianado) lived in a small apartment by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Goldie's kitchen was 10' X 6'. But the artistry of what she could do with that tiny kitchen and that tiny stove is beyond words. My earliest memories are of her baking me date cookies from scratch. From scratch! Toss together flour, butter, eggs and dates and heaven emerges from the oven. And the Thanksgiving feast that would come forth from that 60 square feet defied description. The fact that we had to eat that feast in an apartment that was kept at 82 degrees is another story. Because of Goldie, I developed a lifelong love of cooking and a steadfast commitment to never let the thermostat get higher than 68 degrees. Grab a sweater, kids, and come enjoy your delicious dinner!
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