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Storybook & Recipe

Maple Pudding Cakes (Pouding Chomeur) + Sugarbush Spring

by Laura 23 March 2012
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Spring came in with such a rush this year.  By mid-March—mid-March!—the snow had receded, the grass greened, the buds burst, the crocuses bloomed, and people were out swilling cold beer on patios, the smell of charcoal grills in the air.   A week later now, the ice on Lake Minnetonka has gone out, the first vinca [...]

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Bread and Jam for Frances & Spaghetti and Meatballs

by Laura 30 March 2011
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This is the first in a new series of posts. So many of my happiest hours were spent reading to my two children and cooking together. And so many splendid picture books lend themselves to a particular recipe, sometimes more.  When my Honey Girl and Sweet Boy were little ones, we walked to the library [...]

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