Simplify Your Work

As you work in the kitchen, think of simpler ways to do things. But, at the same time, don't take shortcuts that may hurt you or others. You don't want to endanger the health of those who eat the food either. Here are a few hints: Get out all the ingredients necessary...

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Good Table Manners

Table manners are very noticeable in a restaurant or any public eating place. Perhaps you have been around children who were much too noisy at the table. It was hard to enjoy your food. I had dinner with my 14 year old nephew at a nice restaurant recently. When we...

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Fun Preparing Food in the Kitchen

Some people like to eat in restaurants or buy frozen foods to quickly pop into the microwave. But what I like best of all is cooking meals at home and enjoying the preparation. Nothing is better than going out into one's garden for fresh lettuce or green onions for a...

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Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Let's start June out with a frosty, creamy, light and healthy drink. Sooo much better for us than bottled soda pop! This is a Fruit Smoothie found in Amy Houts' book, Cooking Around the Calendar with Kids - Holiday and Seasonal Food and Fun. She's the author who has...

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Character Building Book Recommendation

Today I want to tell you about a book that features my friends, the Mukies, who live in a far-off land. You may not have heard of them as they are a very primitive family group. Their history goes way, way back, even before fighting and weapons, and war. They live for...

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Memorial Day Brunch

The Chef attended a wonderful brunch with friends yesterday. As you may know, a brunch is a cross between a breakfast and a lunch. The menu for this 9 a.m. morning meal went like this: Fresh squeezed orange juice Medley of mixed fruit Bacon Quiche (yes, men eat and...

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Memorial Day Memories

Memorial Day heralds the beginning of summer! Perhaps this, along with the end of school, is what we remember most about this day. But it should be one that has far more significance than merely that of a "three-day week-end". This is a day of remembering those who...

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