Archive for September, 2009

In the early 1940s, when World War II was taking place, housewives became very very important. It was their job to help the war effort by being creative and economically smart, too. During that time, everyone got a ration book of coupons with a point system set up for scarce foods. It was the...
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The Leukemia Cup Regatta was yesterday, and it went really well! It was a really nice day- no rain and just the right amount of wind, and everyone had a lot of fun. We raised a lot of money for a great cause and it was great to see all of the people who...
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Today after church, I stopped on the way home at the tomato stand on Diamond Causeway and bought some beautiful red tomatoes. They looked so good, and I didn’t really want to just make BLT sandwiches, so I tried a new idea. I made grilled cheese, tomato, and bacon sandwiches; here’s how I did...
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Today, I made two recipes from a cookbook called The Food of Israel by Sherry Ansky. The first thing I made, a chicken dish, uses honey “to greet Rosh Hashanah”. So I thought it would be perfect for this time of year, since Rosh Hashanah is coming up September 19th and 20th. The recipe...
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The dinner that I made tonight turned out so well!! I actually haven’t served the dessert yet becuase the soup and salad were so filling, but I’ve had a few tastes and it is delicious. First off, I thought I’d say that the title of the cookbook I adapted these recipes from is Foods...
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Hey Everybody!! School has officially started, and I’m getting kind of busy, but I still manage to have plenty of time for cooking, of course! This week, my mom bought me a flame torch for making crème brûlée as an early birthday present (I’ll be 17 on October 5th, so it was a little early,...
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