To a Southerner, there’s nothing that compares to fried food! There’s not much to say about this dish except that it is GOOD. It’s official name is “Chicken Almondine”, that’s just a fancy way to say “chicken with almonds”. The main spice for this recipe is rosemary, which my son used to call “sticks”. He…
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Continue ReadingYesterday I signed up for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap I saw this yesterday on Facebook and was immediately drawn to it. Cookie swaps are so much fun and this one is by mail. I was telling my “cookie loving” daughter about it and she got as excited as I was. Three dozen…
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Continue ReadingOne of the great things about going out to eat….appetizers! Appetizers are a wonderful invention! Who came up with them anyway? The French? It sounds like a “French” word, maybe? And what does it mean? I have an idea…”reason to eat something really yummy before dinner”….but only at a restaurant. What do we call it…
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Continue ReadingMy favorite DFW cultural venue…Bass Hall My husband and I have tried to cultivate in ourselves and our children a love and appreciation for good music and art. We are blessed to live in an area rich in “cultural” events. A wide variety of museums, plays, symphonies and traveling exhibits are within minutes of our…
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Continue ReadingTechnically it’s Fall, but here it’s warm again, and as long as it’s warm we might as well have ice cream, right? As I was preparing to have our church ladies over, I remembered this dessert. It had been YEARS since I’d made it. In fact, so many years my children didn’t remember ever…