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Field Trip Friday – Savannah, GA

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(Field Trip Fridays are interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures I like to share with you!) My hubby and I recently drove to Savannah for a few days. Tourism sites say March to July is the best time to go in order to experience peak azalea season, warm temps and outdoor events (especially St. Patrick’s Day celebrations honoring some of the first [Irish] settlers in Savannah in 1734), so it was a perfect time for our first visit, and we crammed in a lot, including delicious food. We stayed at the Marriott Riverfront, with a bird’s eye view to barges and riverboats going ...

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Cabbage Rolls (Holubtsi)

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With all that’s happening in the world, I decided to learn more about Ukrainian food. . . Borscht, sweet bread, chicken Kyiv and briny potato salad are some popular dishes. But one that especially caught my eye is Holubtsi, stuffed cabbage, or “little pigeons,” as they’re called.  I’ve always loved stuffed cabbage/grape leaves, or any leafy…

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Cauliflower Chickpea Toast

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Mark Twain wrote “Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” (The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1st published 1894). True, cauliflower IS in the cabbage family, with cohorts like arugula, mustard greens, Brussels sprouts and turnip. And, sure, it isn’t a trendy veggie like celery root, sun choke, chioggia beet or kale (which has…

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Toasty, Crunchy Baked Oatmeal

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Remember the scene in “A Christmas Story” when Randy pawed at his oatmeal, grumpily muttering ‘oatmeal, boatmeal’ while Ralphie narrated something like ‘most of the time my kid brother wore more oatmeal than he ate’? Yeah, I think we’ve all been that kid. There was just something about oatmeal’s gooey texture that was NOT appealing….

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Cookie Club: Blondies

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Honestly, blondies aren’t actually cookies. . .they’re bars. But if you cut them small enough, no one will challenge you. So. Brownie v. blondie? For true chocolate lovers, the latter is likely a sacrilege. But the buttery, caramel-y flavors of blondies appeal to many. Me, included. Legend has it brownies were invented by socialite Bertha Palmer’s chef…

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