LAUGH OUT LOUD

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.  ~George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY Why not end the week with a laugh or two?  According to Shelly at Only The Good Friday, we should devote one day in seven where only good [...]

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AVOID ALLERGENS: BAKE FROM SCRATCH

HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE When in doubt, throw it out. ~Author Unknown TODAY’S PREPARATION ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY On this Friday, meant for discussion of only the good, inspired by This Eclectic Life, I’m going to talk about the bad to keep everyone safe when eating, which is always a good thing. THE [...]

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EAT LOCALLY

I’m sure the folks meant for me to read this as “Food At It’s Best,” but my eyes read “At It’s Best … Food.”  That just doesn’t speak to me.  ~This Eclectic Life ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY My blogfriend, Shelly at This Eclectic Life – founder of Only The Good Friday meme – is traveling [...]

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THE STATE OF THE BLOG . . . & THE BLOGGER

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. ~Jules Renard (1864 – 1910) ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY It’s Friday once again, and the end of the month a time to reflect a little.  Stop Blogging and Cook is seven months old, [...]

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TESTING 1, 2, 3

It’s better than the coffee house, isn’t it? ~Shelly’s Muse at This Eclectic Life TODAY’S PREPARATION ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY – TESTING A NEW ROUTINE Tired of subsidizing the Coffee Shop On Every Corner On Earth?  Save your dollars and make your morning joe at home or work, interrupting your on-the-go routine.  Take a break [...]

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IN THE GARDEN OF NYC

Life is all about timing:  the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable . . . attainable. Have the patience, wait it out.  It’s all about timing.  ~Stacey Charter TODAYS PREPARATION IT’S ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY, AGAIN While closing in on exhaustion once again, I’m taking a break from the gloomy news reports [...]

MORE FRUIT!

Talking of Pleasure, this moment I was writing with one hand, and with the other holding to my Mouth a Nectarine — how good how fine. It went down all pulpy, slushy, oozy, all its delicious embonpoint melted down my throat like a large, beautified Strawberry.  ~John Keats (1795 – 1821) ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY [...]

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NOT HAPPY ABOUT HAPPY MEALS

If a restaurant has to give out toys to get you to buy their food, the food can’t really be very good! ~Pauline, commenting on Food Politics.com TODAY’S PREPARATION Someone is getting serious about holding fast food’s feet to the fire when it comes to marketing to children.  The Center for Science in the Public [...]

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LAST CALL FOR GIFT-SHOPPING

Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later . . . that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a [...]

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CHERRIES ARE IN SEASON

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. ~Pablo Neruda (1904 – 1973) OOOPS! On June 1st, I posted information about identifying GMOs.  Reading UPC codes on fruit is the way to distinguish Conventional, Organic and GMOs at the grocery store.  Unfortunately, I got two of them mixed up so [...]

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