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Buttermilk Rhubarb Bread

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Rhubarb endears itself to me a little more each year. A few weeks ago, I found myself suddenly in my childhood home just as Spring took over the landscape, transforming stagnant trees into leafy towers. I walked the perimeter of the property to take it all in and spotted my mother’s rhubarb patch. The rhubarb [...]

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Mahjong Monday: Lemon Poppy Seed Scones

This past weekend brought with it another game of mahjong. Our friends Dave & Jeff, phoned us Saturday afternoon as were doing our grocery shopping to invite us over for a Saturday night game. Since I’m still learning the rules and strategy, I figured it would be useful to disarm our competitors with something sweet. [...]

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Blood Orange ‘Lemon’ Bars Recipe

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I’ve been fantasizing about citrus the past couple of days. You see, back in California, our orange tree and meyer lemon tree were both producing tons of fruit when we moved. I’ve been fairly non-sentimental about the entire house sale until today. I woke up to find a small, rainy snow flurry outside my window [...]

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Orange Cran-licious Bread

My mother almost always made everything from scratch. She baked her own breads, cookies, and even cakes. But on occasion, she would use Bisquick baking mix to make biscuits or an infamous “Impossibly Easy Pies“. As a kid, I thought Bisquick was incredibly magical — just add a few ingredients and you could make muffins, [...]

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