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Grandmother Trafton’s Blueberry Cake

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Old family recipes are little treasures, comfortable rest stops on the roadmap of a family’s history.   Since I’ve been writing this blog I’ve been receiving family recipes from friends and followers of the site and it’s been amazingly consistent: every recipe I’ve tried has been better than good.  It seems there is a universality about family recipes, no matter the background or means or region, everybody’s got one, and there’s a reason they keep handing it down from generation to […]

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Five Great Grilled Cheese Recipes

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I can’t help but think of September as the beginning of the new year, because the start of school is such a significant event for students and parents.  Between childhood and parenthood, our lives can revolve around school schedules for decades, and it becomes difficult to let go of the pattern.  I prefer to embrace it and remain a perpetual student.  Today I’m studying how to make the ubiquitous grilled cheese sandwich more memorable, and the process has been both […]

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The Best Granola Bars Ever!

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Last year we remodeled our kitchen, after 14 years of cupboards that didn’t close, a tile floor that could never be made to look clean, and a daily view of ceramic 3-D cherubs poised in flight on the backsplash.  I have nothing against cherubs in general, but cleaning the kitchen gunk out of every nook and cranny of their chubby little bodies got old after a while.  The remodel was a big job; it took a long time, but the […]

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Baked Oatmeal

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The first day of school was a big day in our house.  For days before, we talked about what the girls would wear, what their teachers would be like, who might be in their class, and a million other vital details.  I always wanted to make a really good breakfast on the first day of school.  I thought we should begin as I hoped we’d go on.  Of course the big school breakfast didn’t happen every day, but this recipe […]

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