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Perennial Recipes
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A few steps from Michigan Avenue’s Miracle Mile, where day laborers in fancy trucks rearrange soil for formal floral displays and unveil breath-taking containers of nursery-grown plants, a simple aroma drifted from a new generation of lilac plants that had … Continue reading
Food for Thought
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Now that I spend part of each afternoon testing recipes for Skinny Soul Food, consuming oat bran has become an integral part of my very early morning routine. I eat 2 tablespoons or more of the rich and nutty flakes … Continue reading
For Mother’s Day: Honor an Unforgettable Family Cook
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Please copy and paste into an email (send photo in jpg/jpeg format) and send to dpierce@skilletdiaries.com. Put “Unforgettable Cook” in subject line. We’ll be featuring cooks and their photos the week of Mother’s Day Your Name: Unforgettable Cook’s … Continue reading
Like A Dream Come True
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This photo, taken late Sunday afternoon in a private dining room in Chicago’s new Waldorf Astoria is a reminder for all of us who may have spent a recent moment or two contemplating dreams deferred. Look closely, and you’ll see … Continue reading
Roger-Smith Cookbook Conference
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In February, Donna participated in this interesting panel… Video streaming by Ustream
Thanks, Mom
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Yesterday, during my lifelong quest to perfect the texture in our family’s chocolate chip cookie recipe with a few tweaks, I remembered the years I felt guilty about breaking away from assignments and deadlines to cheer T-ball games or bake … Continue reading
Sunrise…Sunset
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“Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don’t remember growing older, when did they?” Fiddler on the Roof… Four days after sweeping the clock ahead to daylight savings time in my condo, … Continue reading














