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Category Archives: Of life and bread

Love, red mittens…and panettone

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Mary — Leave a reply
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Throughout my blog posts there’s a theme of practicality.  I’m rarely a sentimentalist and when romance gets sappy it tends to make the hair on my neck stand up.  Even Continue Reading →

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Curiosity did not kill the cat…

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mary — 1 Comment ↓
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With the busy-ness of the garden coming to another close, my first impulse is gratitude.  There’s a deep satisfaction that rises up when I count jars of salsa, peruse our Continue Reading →

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A Culinary Tribute to Jane Austen

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Mary — Leave a reply
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One of the perks of being a teacher is that in the summer everyone else in the house still goes to work so I have the farmette all to myself.  Continue Reading →

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This is the House that Love Built

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Mary — 7 Comments ↓
One of our new and healthy rhubarb patches today!

When Darrell and I got in the car to come and look at this old farmhouse, we never really expected to buy it.  We had seen an ad in our Continue Reading →

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Tis the season….

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Mary — Leave a reply
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We had a bitterly cold winter in upstate New York that frayed the edges of more than just a few of us. Our house was built by people who were Continue Reading →

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Susan’s Brittle

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Mary — Leave a reply
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*This post is a part of my Generations project which was born out of Kneading Life workshops.  Inevitably some participants recount the impact of the food traditions they were raised Continue Reading →

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Family gold: Caryn’s Coffee Cake

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Mary — Leave a reply
All 5 siblings pictured here at Shawn's Christmas Eve birthday celebration:  Jeanine, Shawn, and Todd are in front.  Darrell and Bruce in the back.

My husband, Darrell, grew up in the 60s and 70s as the second oldest of five children.  At six foot four inches tall today, he didn’t end up the largest Continue Reading →

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Seeing with new eyes in the new year

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Mary — 1 Comment ↓
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I’ve suffered an overextended belly several times this holiday season right alongside friends and family.  I’m not suffering from eater’s remorse but have noted that there’s often a buzz around Continue Reading →

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My grandmother’s cookies

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Mary — Leave a reply
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  Deep in the cracks and crevices of who we are, each one of us carries food memories.  Mine are rooted in my grandparent’s house where smells filled the air Continue Reading →

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These-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things!

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Mary — 1 Comment ↓
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If it’s quiet enough in the house I can sometimes almost hear my mother howling along to the musical score from The Sound of Music.  She sang unabashedly regardless of Continue Reading →

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