Fish Cakes, Get your Fish cakes right here . . .

Remember Saturday’s fish, caught by my bandana-ed brother in the background there, being expertly filleted by my son-in-law, the cook. While he and my brother prepared the fish to bone-free grill perfection, they put aside…

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Summer Views from my Kitchen Sink

Hostess has asked her blogging community to post photos from their kitchen sink. For me, this is an opportunity to do the two-birds-one-stone thing and show a few photos from the family gathering I hosted…

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I Need a Holiday after this Weekend!

Crazy busy, fun weekend. Want a rundown? Friday night: Family gathering at my sister’s place to hang out with cousin visiting from England. 4 sisters, 2 brothers, their spouses, my daughter, my mom and her…

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Entertaining Recipes — Food, Family, Good Times . . .

I’m very lucky to have a secret weapon in the entertaining department — came in handy when we had the houseguests this week. And what’s in that arsenal? Why, Pater makes a mean paella, and…

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Three for the Big Armchair — two mysteries and a Paris memoir

Some recent light reading: Jeffrey Deaver’s The Burning Wire: Another Lincoln Rhyme’s mystery, this one will have you flipping those light switches very carefully, keeping small appliances well away from water, and being generally very…

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