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sara varon’s bake sale brownies
Oh my, but I do love Sara Varon’s Bake Sale! And recently I made the brownies featured in it. *dies*☺ Such a lovely, feel-good story about friendship. This toothsome graphic novel is just quirky...
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margarita engle’s sweet scent hunger
#15 in the Poetry Potluck Series, celebrating National Poetry Month 2012. “In Latin America in general, and Cuba in particular, poets have been the inspiration behind struggles for independence,...
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julia’s cherry clafouti and a side of ham
“It’s fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That’s what human life is all about — enjoying things.” ~ Julia Child Something magical happens whenever I make a Julia...
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shortbread and scones from the unofficial downton abbey cookbook
“Are we going to have tea, or not?” ~ Violet, the Dowager Countess Yes, we are definitely having tea today, along with a couple of treats from The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara...
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another cup of downton tea with chocolate madeleines
Daisy and Mrs. Patmore teach Lady Sybil how to make a cake in happier days (ITV photo). If, like me, you’re a Downton Abbey fan still reeling from the tragic events of this past Sunday’s Episode 4 and...
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the poetry friday roundup is here!
Welcome to Poetry Friday at Alphabet Soup! I must say you’re even more good looking today than you were last week. How is that even possible?! I see by the twinkle in your eye that you’re hungry for...
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no slouch, just slump, and a summer blog break
Please help yourself to some homemade Blueberry Slump. Happy Independence Day! Funny, I hadn’t planned on slump — but this sometimes happens when your husband’s no slouch. The other day, I jotted down...
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friday feast: ♥ my darling, my dumpling ♥
Not too long ago, I asked you to call me “Melon Head.” Would you mind changing that to “Apple Dumpling”? Of all the foodie terms of endearment — Pumpkin, Sweetie Pie, Babycakes, Cookie, Honeybun — I...
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friday feast: snickerdoodlin’ around
HO HO HO! If Thanksgiving is about pie, then Christmas is definitely about cookies. Even though I don’t bake half as many cookies each holiday season as I used to, I still like thinking about all the...
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maira kalman’s thomas jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything...
Happy President’s Day! Can’t think of a better way to celebrate the holiday than by singing the praises of Maira Kalman’s brand new picture book biography about Thomas Jefferson. I pretty much adore...
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loving ann arnold’s the adventurous chef: alexis soyer (+ a little rice pudding)
If 19th century French chef Alexis Soyer were alive today, he’d likely have his own cooking show. His name brand sauces, cookbooks and kitchen utensils would fill store shelves, velvet berets would be...
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lick, slurp, sip, munch: what can you do with a paleta?
If you want a paleta, raise your hand! Mango? Lime? Coconut? Strawberry? Pineapple? What do you fancy? We need one last tasty lick before summer ends. Carmen Tafolla’s story makes me want to visit the...
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a taste of melissa gilbert’s my prairie cookbook (soup + rice pudding!)
These days, I’m all about Laura Ingalls Wilder. For the past two weeks, I’ve been enjoying Pamela Smith Hill’s online course, which compares Wilder’s Little House books with her soon-to-be published...
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friday feast: (deliciously ) Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt and Rob Dunlavey...
One, two, three, and as pleased as can be to see this delectable new counting picture book by award-winning poet, author and teacher Kathi Appelt! For one, I’ve long been fascinated by crows and...
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[book review + recipe + giveaway] Lidia’s Egg-Citing Farm Adventure by Lidia...
Do you know Lidia like I know Lidia? photo by Diana DeLucia Over the years, I’ve enjoyed tuning in to her various PBS cooking shows and browsing through her numerous cookbooks. Besides being a...
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Poetry Friday Roundup is here!
Welcome to Poetry Friday at Alphabet Soup! Please help yourself to a mug of coffee, tea or milk and a blueberry crumb bar — just the thing for hopping from blog to blog and reading some good poems. :)...
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for colin firth’s birthday: what turns him on?
“I like you very much . . . just as you are.” (Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones’s Diary) AMUSE-BOUCHE Colin: Is it true about Poldark? Me: Whaaa? Colin: Has he replaced me in your affections?...
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friday feast: fly soup and apple brownies
Please help yourself to a cup of tea and an apple brownie (spiders and centipedes optional). On this crisp and clear Halloween Eve, we’re serving up a tasty poem by London-based author Elli Woollard. I...
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loving ann arnold’s the adventurous chef: alexis soyer (+ a little rice pudding)
If 19th century French chef Alexis Soyer were alive today, he’d likely have his own cooking show. His name brand sauces, cookbooks and kitchen utensils would fill store shelves, velvet berets would be...
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lick, slurp, sip, munch: what can you do with a paleta?
If you want a paleta, raise your hand! Mango? Lime? Coconut? Strawberry? Pineapple? What do you fancy? We need one last tasty lick before summer ends. Carmen Tafolla’s story makes me want to visit the...
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