Category: Autumn

I love Fall. No really, I am completely ensorcelled with the season that is Autumn. I think some of it is my 18+ years of being on an academic calendar but it's also the layering and the sweaters and Halloween and the cool crisp air. Ohhh, and the apple crisp. And stew. And pancakes. And …

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Second choice title: Squeal like a Fig. You know, because it's a recipe for stuffed figs and...oh, never mind. Fig Trouble (but not) in Little China Yeah, I could do this all day. Well, not so much trouble as a sort of head-scratching dilemma. There were pint containers of figs at Limbo this past weekend …

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My enchiladas are never pretty. They're cheesy and bubbling from the oven and gooey and messy. But pretty? Nope. I felt bad for a while -- all the pictures of the nice and neat rolled tortillas, being plated still in their cylindrical, pristine shape made me feel lacking in some way. I'm sure it's possible …

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I think I need an introduction here There, that's better. Yes, I'll talk about my pork chop meal experiment but first, I'll discuss how I got to the point where I wanted to make a pork chop dinner. It was 1995 and I had a hankerin' for meat. Not weird in and of itself, but …

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