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Old-Fashioned Southern Teacakes and a Lifetime of Food Memories

March 1, 2011

Everything that I know of childhood comes from one tiny, rural town in Southwest Georgia. Thinking about it today, it seems almost like a fairytale. It was a place where children could roam around the neighborhood playing all day or get on their bikes and ride “uptown” without worry. There was practically no crime at all. People [...]

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{A Month of Sundays} Snowy Blanket

January 16, 2011

What a week! When we went to bed last Sunday night we knew there was snow on the way for our area and that it might be as much as 3-4 inches. When we woke on Monday morning it was to a winter wonderland of nearly 6 inches of fluffy, powdery pristine white snow. So beautiful! [...]

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{A Month of Sundays} Watching and Waiting

January 9, 2011

Today I’m starting a new feature on Never Enough Thyme that I’m calling “A Month of Sundays.” My plan is to post a photograph each Sunday of something interesting, beautiful, funny, or just maybe something quirky that I’ve seen during the previous week. I’m hoping this will help me to improve my photography skills and [...]

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Beef Stew in the Pressure Cooker

October 22, 2010

I’m just going to say it – I love my pressure cooker. So there. I know there are lots of people who are scared of them. They have visions of them exploding all over the kitchen. I guess I understand that. I mean, after all, I’ve seen it happen. Once. I remember it well, too. [...]

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How to Set the Table

August 12, 2010

I’ve pondered for some time whether to write this post. Some may find it snobby. Others will dismiss it as elitist or old-fashioned. But my hope is that many will sing its praises! Because today I’m writing from my heart with a basic lesson of gracious living and etiquette that I believe needs to be revived. I grew up at a [...]

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It's not all about the cooking…

March 28, 2009

Believe it or not, there’s more going around here most of the time besides cooking and eating. We garden. We go antiquing. And BeeBop builds. He’s a right fair carpenter, too. For the last several weeks he’s been working on a set of bunk beds for our grandson, A. And he’s pretty close to being [...]

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