Rhubarb Pie

For Father’s Day, I decided to find a pie recipe because Luke once joked that he “thought marriage would involve more pies.” We laughed and laughed at that because we are clearly not the type of couple who has those types of gendered expectations of each other (and just celebrated our twentieth anniversary this week)….

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Shrimp Salad

With my shrimp leftover from Dip Day, I tried my hand at “Shrimp Salad” contributed by Linda Hystad, found in the “Soups, Salads, & Vegetables” section. Shrimp et al. I ended up needing more shrimp to reach a full cup, and so I thawed and boiled some of the frozen shrimp in my freezer, for…

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Chocolate Syrup Brownies

One evening I went looking for a bar recipe to share with some neighbors. I thought the batter and the cake for the Chocolate Marshmallow Squares had been interesting, and I was curious how chocolate syrup would affect a brownie recipe.  I settled on Marie Saastad’s “Chocolate Syrup Brownies,” which were wonderfully straightforward and quick….

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Dip Day

Dip Day! For several days in early June, the weather was hot, over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and what was forecast as an “occasional thunderstorm” kept kicking us out of the pool in the late afternoons. When this happened again on a Sunday, I had chips and dips on my mind after our neighbors brought over…

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Chocolate Marshmallow Squares

In preparation for a playdate, my daughter and I once again flipped through the sections devoted to sweets and decided to make LaVina Grindberg’s recipe for “Chocolate Marshmallow Squares” (Cakes, Cookies & Candy). Once again, the reader was assumed to have basic knowledge of baking, as the first instruction was to “pour ingredients for squares…

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