November 2008

Seasonal Shepherd’s Pie

by Allen Williams on November 19, 2008

The word ‘shepherd‘ is one that’s followed me all of my life. You see, I grew up on a sheep farm that my father affectionately calls the ‘Shepherd Shack’. And although I live on the opposite side of the country from where I was raised … I currently live on Shepherd Avenue.

Ironically, my mother rarely (if ever) made Shepherd’s Pie.

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