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SECRETS YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .
French women know that without ATTITUDE and ACCESSORIES there is no style.
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IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD . . .
Sometimes it’s better said when it’s someone else who says it. Here are my 10 favorite food quotes—at the moment. 1. “My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” —Orson Welles 2. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”. . .
LAMB AND LEMON—IT TAKES 24 HOURS
Cook meat for 24 hours and you’ll be amazed. It takes that long to cook this delicious lamb. The reason is that the cooking temperature is 160°. I had trouble understanding how at 160° the meat could possibly be juicy, tender, and full of flavor… My husband and our children have outgrown Easter traditions, I haven’t.
TWO SIGNS I LOOK FOR THAT TELL ME SPRING IS HERE
It’s officially spring. Nature has started its explosion—its reawakening—gathering the vitality needed to transform our environment into a fertile landscape ready to birth all it has to offer. It’s a time that always leaves me in awe, considering the amount… There are two things that signal that spring is really here…
FREE VEGETABLE BROTH ALREADY IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR
A few months ago, my friend Tulis told me that she makes her own vegetable broth. I imagined that she purchased an assortment of vegetables, cut them up, placed them into a large pot with water, cooked them until they had given up their flavor, strained them, and there was her fresh broth. But that’s not what she did.
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