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The Amaretto Pilgrimage

Another guest post by Sharon’s husband and our family’s cocktail aficionado, Anthony Damelio. We often play this game, where I just make a cocktail and bring it over to Sharon without telling her any of the ingredients I’m working with. Most of the time, this is straightforward: too much of this, not enough of that, […]

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Three Many Cooks Book – The Trailer (and KitchenAid Winner Announced)

You can buy the book here: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or on IndieBound. Congratulations to our giveaway winner, Erin who won the KitchenAid Crystal Blue Diamond Blender. The dishes that define her as a cook are dirt bars and macaroni and cheese! As we crossed into 2015, we knew three things were sure to happen—Maggy’s baby would be born, our […]

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Raspberry-Lemon Curd Muffins

In my first book, The Perfect Recipe, I developed a muffin I thought was…. well, perfect. They were light, airy, and tender, but all that came at a cost. The recipe called for 10 tablespoons of butter, which at the time felt okay, but these days it’s rare I’ll squander that many fat calories in […]

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Cuppa Berry Cobbler

After Friday’s AARP photo shoot I was left with scads of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. I could have frozen them, but coincidentally the six of us—Maggy and Andy, Sharon and Anthony, and David and me (Dashiell too!) would be together for Sunday supper. I’d bake a berry cobbler. I roasted a pork shoulder with […]

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Three Many Cooks Book – The Trailer & KitchenAid GIVEAWAY

As we crossed into 2015, we knew three things were sure to happen—Maggy’s baby would be born, our mother/grandmother would die, and our book—Three Many Cooks: One Mom, Two Daughters, Their Shared Story of Food, Faith, and Family—would be published. Dashiell Collins Keet was born on January 16th, Della Ruth Skipper died on March 18th, and our […]

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Pizza Primavera

Yesterday started off like any other except at breakfast Maggy announced our friend Brian Samuels of A Thought for Food was heading down from Boston for a visit. ETA: 11:00 a.m. As a cook, my first thought was lunch. It was one of our first warm sunny spring days, and the grill on the back […]

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The New Cottage Pie

In the early weeks after Dashiell was born, my mother-in-law, Angie, came to visit. A transplant from the UK, she has lived in Long Beach, California for the past eleven years where, in her words, it’s always “80 degrees and sunny”! She owns a winter coat, which she calls her “New York coat” because she […]

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Lamb Meatloaf with Shiitakes, Currants & Caramelized Onions

I don’t know how or when, but meatloaf has gotten a bad rap. When “meatloaf” is the answer to the question, “What’s for dinner?” you can’t expect resounding joy in response. If you’re lucky, you might even get the “yuck” face – from kids and adults alike – so often associated with things like Brussels sprouts, […]

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Perfect Roast Potatoes

One of my biggest kitchen triumphs has been learning to cook a traditional Sunday roast that gets the seal of approval from my English husband, Andy. When he was growing up, Andy’s family cooked a roast dinner every Sunday evening. When he and I lived in England we would often go to his grandparent’s house […]

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Peanut Butter-Chocolate Granola

Maggy and I are resolved. We’re going to shed a few pounds—the rest of her baby weight, the pounds I’ve slowly picked up since my last weight loss a decade ago. It’s not a dramatic diet. We’re just setting up a few sustainable rules—no more than six ounces of wine a day—rough calorie counting, reasonable […]

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