The Nana’s Peach Cobbler

The Nana’s Peach ...

Here’s a quick and easy recipe just in time for all those summer picnics. Replace the peaches with any fresh summer fruit or in a pinch use canned fruit and skip the first step of cooking fruit with water and sugar. Ingredients 2 cups sugar divided 1 cup water 1 cup self-rising...
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Last Minute Party Recipes

Last Minute Party Recip...

It’s Christmas time and during this month inevitably you will be invited to party after party, and some of them will be last minute. I cannot tell you how many times Captain Wentworth has dropped the “Darling, the Jones’s have invited us over for a drop of port tonight...
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How to make it through Thanksgiving!

How to make it through ...

My standard MO on any given holiday is to start drinking before my family arrives. I continue to drink while cooking and throughout dinner. This makes it much easier to tolerate the drama queens, pervy uncles, my mother’s boyfriend (Du Jour) and the gaggle of screaming children....
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Food Porn

Food Porn...

It’s never a boring night when my friend D and I venture out without her rocker husband. In fact it’s normal for us to have slightly odd nights that become the stories we tell at other peoples cocktail parties. We had one of these nights last week at our  local Japanese...
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Discover What You Crave in Akron

Discover What You Crave...

We’ve been seeing a whole slew of new restaurants in downtown Akron in the last couple of years, but it’s Crave that  brings innovation to the city’s cuisine. The first thing you will notice when you walk into this hot spot is the decor. Trendy, sleek and beautiful...
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Margarita’s With the Menopause Mafia

Margarita’s With ...

The Mafia will be hosting a little get together on Saturday August 15th in Akron, Ohio. We will be serving up some delicious pulled pork,  margaritas and fabulous company! Bring a side dish or desert and we will feast on all the offerings as we enjoy a night with friends old and...
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Debonne Reisling-An Excellent Ohio Wine

Debonne Reisling-An Exc...

The other day I was shopping at my favorite Italian Market on my lunch hour- I was in a hurry- when I picked up a bottle of Riesling to go with my Menopause Mafia writing that night. What? Did you think I was going to say it was to go with dinner? I prefer Rieslings from the Rhine...
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Chicken Ciabatta Pizza

Chicken Ciabatta Pizza...

Chicken Ciabatta Pizza 1 large chicken breast, cubed ½ onion, diced 1 tomato, diced 1 loaf Ciabatta or French bread cut in half 1 cup ranch dressing ¼ cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce (any hot sauce) ½ bag shredded mozzarella • In hot skillet cook chicken, tomato and onion in butter...
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Beet Pickled Eggs

Beet Pickled Eggs...

Beet Pickled Eggs Beet Pickled Eggs 1 cup vinegar, white or cider 4 tablespoons of sugar 4 teaspoons of brown sugar 1 ½ tablespoons pickling spice 2 cans of beets, sliced or whole 1 ½ dozen hard boiled eggs 1 large onion, sliced 1 very large airtight glass Mason jar • Combined...
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Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage Rolls...

Cabbage Rolls 1 large head of cabbage 2 lb. hamburger 1 egg, slightly beaten ½ lb. sausage ¼ cup of rice (rinsed) ¼ cup of bread crumbs 1 small onion finely chopped ¼ of a green pepper diced small salt, pepper, parsley flakes, Accent, and paprika to taste 1 package sour kraut 2...
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