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I know I've mentioned my on-again-off-again obsession with BLTs before.  Well, it's back.  I know that there

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I'll be honest.  I'd never heard of a baked potato salad until AFTER I made one and did a search to see if I

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In the "ethnic" aisle at Kroger, I've always seen this big, bright yellow bag of tostada shells and have been

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Growing up, we rarely had Pop Tarts.  About the only time my mom would get them was when we were going campin

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If any of my readers are familiar with Michael Pollan, they probably recognize that I follow many of his food

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After posting the sinfully decadent cheesy stuffed bread a couple of weeks ago, my mind has been ablaze with o

I have literally dreamt of this pizza since I made the honey-garlic fried chicken a couple of weeks ago.  You

I can't remember if I've mentioned this here or not, but up until I was about 25, I had a problem with binge e

Every see a recipe and it's just weird enough where you actually have to try to it just to see if it tastes as

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Last night, a few hours after dinner, the guys were trying to convince me that we really needed to go out for