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Well hello! We’re here in Chicagoland, visiting the folks. My mom, who clearly missed her calling as a concierge, is good at pre-stocking favored things - Merkt’s cheddar for me, ripe cherries and Pirate’s Booty for Josie, raisin bread and caffeinated coffee for Greg.
Her thoughtfulness ensures that our chief activity is an inordinate amount [...]

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I always enjoyed the sight of peaches piled in bowls and paintings. But I never liked to eat them.

I thought there was something wrong with me. Everyone else was in love with peaches.

It’s possible I never got over the watery fruit cocktail in the school cafeteria.

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I started with a plan to demonstrate making white chocolate curls.

But Saturday afternoon, it was too hot outside and too cold inside. I attacked the half-frozen, half-melting stuff for a while and then, disgusted, shoved the chocolate aside and reached for some limeade. I opened the fridge and poked around the shelves, looking [...]

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Jean noted that Paris looks like heaven. I always hoped it was the Wonka Factory. But if there is a heaven, and if Jean’s always right - mais oui - it is surely full of cherries.

I wasn’t going to bore you with the standard, ooh-that-stunning-eggplant market stuff - well, maybe a little - [...]

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Sweet Lorraine

Today is - I swear on my new oven mitts - National Quiche Lorraine Day. I don’t know who proclaimed the holiday, exactly, but I thank them. Because just between us, not a day goes by when I don’t think “I celebrate thee, quiche. Many thanks.” Do we not a think [...]

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