A Place Like This

Category: Cooking

  • Dinners on Me…….

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Last week I wrote about our Family Dinner tradtion and your responses we so kind and positive. Many of you asked for the recipes and I am only too happy to share them with you. Hummus   One can of chick-peas 4 large serving spoons of Tahini 1 to 2 tsp of lemon juice 1…

  • Some Things in my Ear

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Yesterday Mimi and I headed to the store to do what's known as the "big shop"; buying everything needed for Thanksgiving dinner. With all of the cooking,crafting, and writing I'm doing lately, I have many things loaded onto my ipod to work by.  Some of them are  very unique items and others are old friends but…

  • Pumpkin Vegetable Soup

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    Valarie Budayr
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      Yesterday found me outside placing many leaves in beds before the rains came. I almost got done, but the rain started sooner than I had hoped. Along with the rain the weather turned cold and so the day called for not only a cup of tea, a fire in the fireplace, but a bowl…

  • Bear, Marcel and Pasta Fourno

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    Valarie Budayr
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    So often on the blogs we share those very fun projects and living experiences we have with our kids. What happens when they grow up, move out and off to college? I can feel the tears welling up in your eyes now. I'll confess to a few of my own, but today I come with…

  • Sneakers Soup

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    Valarie Budayr
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    While we were on vacation, our friend Nicce made a family favorite called sneakers soup. I knew the moment I saw this being put together that I had to share it with you. A combination of chocolate,dulce de leche, vanilla ice cream, peanuts, and grated nougat make for something which tastes absolutely heavenly. The first step…

  • The Secrets of a 4th of July Chef

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I thought today's blog post would be about the 4th of July, happily celebrated among family, friends, and the foxes. As I was looking through the myriad of photos I took, I noticed a very special story emerging. Mimi climbed into bed with us yesterday morning and started chattering about what she was baking for…

  • Some Tagine for the Soul

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Spring and warm weather come and Spring and warm weather go. Yesterday we had torrential rains and the temperature dropped to 37 degrees last night. Luckily I had made a big pot of Tagine and couscous and this kept us alive. Ok, I know that's a bit dramatic, but I was so cold. Tagine is…

  • The Tea Maker

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Saturday we woke up to light sprinkles and some colder weather than we've been having all week. As I sat knitting, little "O" asked, "Would you like some tea?"  "That would be very nice. Thanks "O".  Never having made tea before, I didn't press him further, I just let him go into the kitchen himself…

  • Meet What You Eat: The Old Mill

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Our one small change this month is to meet our food sources. It can be really vexing to know where to start but it seems that the easiest place is by reading the food labels of the things we eat. A great and humorous guide to all of this is Michael Pollan's "Food Rules", one of…

  • They’re Here: Semlor

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I can't imagine having a happier weekend. Thank you for all of the wonderful birthday wishes for little O. We had such a fun gathering of family and friends. The fun continued with the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. The rest of the weekend was music filled with the high school orchestra concert playing their…