Tomato Sauce: A Religious Experience

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*FYI: This post takes a circuitous route to a wonderfully simple recipe for tomato sauce.  Visit Beth Fish Reads, host of this challenge, for more Weekend Cooking fun!* For many people, making tomato sauce for pasta is as effortless as twisting the lid off of a jar of Prego.  Not where I come from.  My [...]

Weekend Cooking: Cream Scones

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Gesine Bullock-Prado’s memoir, Confections of a Master Baker, tells of her decision to leave Hollywood and all its trappings–she was working for her sister, actress Sandra Bullock–to move to Montpelier, VT and open a bakery.  The book was a fun read, and Bullock-Prado generously included several recipes.  I was compelled to whip up a batch of Cream Scones a [...]

Weekend Cooking Challenge: Turkey Chili

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Beth from Beth Fish Reads recently created a new challenge–Weekend Cooking–and from the minute I read about it, I knew that sharing my Turkey Chili recipe with the book blogging community would be my top priority!  But first, a bit of background for perspective… Cooking isn’t my strong suit–I’m first to admit this–my husband heartily [...]