When I was a child, I asked my mom what her favorite season was, and she told me that it was fall. I was a little insulted, assuming that it was because my brother and I went back to school in fall, but now that I’ve moved to the Midwest (and grown up and realized that not everything is directly related to me), I better understand her reasons. Fall in the Midwest (which is also where my mom grew ...
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Fresh Apricot & Ginger Scones
Do you have recipes in your family that have been passed around and handed down to the point where no one is really sure where they originated? This is one of those recipes. My dad and my grandma (his mother-in-law) both use a variant of this recipe but I’m not sure where they got it. ...
Ginger Sesame Turkey Meatballs in Egg Flower Soup
I’ve never cared much for chicken noodle soup but can’t really explain why. I like chicken, I like noodles, I like chicken and rice soup just fine, but there’s something about chicken noodle soup that just doesn’t do it for me. This Chinese soup, however, I remember eating as a child and I’ve always loved it. It’s sometimes called egg flower soup, from the way the egg flowers throughout the soup ...
Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cranberry Streusel
Today I baked these cupcakes to give away to some of my parents’ neighbors, and because filling the house with the fragrant scent of gingerbread seemed like a great way to get more into the holiday spirit – I only finished my work for the semester yesterday, and it’s always difficult for me to be fully in holiday mode while I’m still writing papers and such. ...