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Recipe: Cast-Iron Chicken
This is a guest post by Christie's Corner. I’m filing this under “Why didn’t I think of this?” This dubious looking chicken is one of the best I’ve ever had. Moist, juicy and with an impos… -
My Mother’s Hands
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. These hands turn 80 this summer. These hands have picked strawberries, made jam, kneaded bread, rolled pastry. They have decorated birthday cakes, anniversary cakes and weddi… -
My French Rolling Pin
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. This is my French rolling pin. It doesn’t have easy-grip handles. It doesn’t have ball bearings. It isn’t made from cold, heavy marble. It’s just… -
Recipe: Moroccan Lemon Chicken
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. Some days you just have to take a deep breath and say, “Well, it tasted great!” The day I broken open my stash of preserved lemons was one of those days. With bri… -
Tips: Cooking Fish
This is a guest post by Christie's Corner. Fish Tips Dry, flaky fish might not be what you were aiming for, but it does absorb dressings and sauces nicely. You can disguise overcooked fish with Hollandaise sauce or a s… -
Recipe: Butter and Maple Blondies
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. According to my mother, I have loved butter ever since I was old enough to sneak a one-pound brick of it out of the grocery bag, quietly peel back the foil, lick off a good i… -
Maple Syrup – The Ultimate Slow Food
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. Jo Marie's maple trees tapped for sap. When I was nine, we moved to a house with two hu… -
Recipe: Perfect Elephant Ears (Palmiers)
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. These are elephant ears. Or palm ears. Or palmiers. Or French hearts, or butterflies or glasses. No matter what you call them, these sugar-laced puff pastry treats are one of… -
Recipe: Paella
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. One of these days I’ll learn how to take notes, shoot pictures and eat, all at once. This sort of multi-tasking would have come in very handy last week when I attended… -
Recipe: Homemade Clotted Cream
This is a guest post from Christie's Corner. Shrove Tuesday doesn’t have to include pancakes. Today is really about gorging on rich foods before the 40-day fast of Lent. Pancakes just happen to be cooked in grease…


