A COVID 19 Inspired Recipe for The Creative Cook

    Home isolation during COVID 19, I find, is beginning to bring out creative, if not unusual, cooking ideas. … More

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What I Did This Summer: Wine Tasting and Flitting About the Internet

Here in the Pacific Northwest, Summer’s brilliant, white light has toned down to a golden hue, announcing that Fall is … More

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Grilled Eggplant & Grilled Radicchio With Endive Salad

The fatal flaw of left-handed, creative polymaths, I’ve mentioned, is not finishing what we start. Today I’m following up last week’s post … More

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Cranberry and Caramel Date Bars

  Last night I finished my nursing shift later than expected, and I still had to bake cookies for a … More

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Fancy Cranberry Sauce with an Italian Twist

  I always cook with wine, and sometimes I put it in the food. a plaque in my Mom’s kitchen … More

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Slow Cooked Steel-Cut Oats

  If you have a home full of visiting relatives this week, here’s a quick, easy and healthy breakfast recipe. … More

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JParadisi RN Recipe Included in Oncology Nursing Society Cookbook

The Oncology Nursing Society has published a cookbook. My copy arrived this morning. Its loose-leaf binding, and wipe-clean cover is … More

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Mid-Century Recipe: Shrimp Creole Redux

     As a  child, shrimp creole was my favorite meal, and my mother would make it for dinner after she got home from work on … More

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Recipe: Strawberry Angel Cake

       A family member celebrated a birthday this week, and I volunteered to make her a cake. I remembered this … More

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Recipe: Curried Shrimp & Apple Salad (Yummers!)

     Last weekend David and I drove out to Hood River, Oregon for lunch.  Afterwards we took  in the “Fruit Loop” and bought apples and … More

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