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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 13, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Memories, Uncategorized
Every year for New Year’s Day for the last, oh 15 years or so, we’ve had dinner with the same set of close friends. We incorporated a southern tradition of making sure we have black-eyed peas in the form of Hoppin’ John. If you can tell me how the...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 9, 2011 | Cooking, Memories, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, my mom had a rule about church; You had to attend until you were confirmed. This pretty much meant that we dropped out of the Sunday ritual one by one–first my brothers and then me. Once we were confirmed in the Lutheran church, each and...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 16, 2010 | Cooking, Uncategorized
Ever buy something really wonderful and expensive without thinking much about what might happen to it, say, ten years down the road? We bought a 12″ non-tick All Clad saute pan about ten years ago and used it regularly. Almost daily. After long and hard use, but...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 9, 2010 | Cooking, Food
Last year’s quince harvest was astounding. I don’t know how a laundry basket compares to a real bushel or peck, but we had a couple of laundry baskets last year. That’s a whole lot of quince. This year’s harvest has been quite the opposite....
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Aug 9, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Memories, Uncategorized
Growing up a Navy brat has its disadvantages. One of them being that my dad was never stationed close to Montana where his and my mother’s families lived. Most of my aunts and uncles lived in Montana, and all our family reunions have been in Montana. As a...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 15, 2010 | Cooking
Okay,maybe it’s exaggeration to go all conspiracy theory here. I don’t really think that there are people out there plotting against my salad Nicoise plans for dinner tonight. But tell me people, when was the last time you went to two different grocery...
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