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First, I should start off by apologizing for the huge gap between my last post and this one. I don’t have much of an excuse other than I am a giant slacker and will attempt to keep up in the future. Now, with that being said, I just made some of the best tasting brownies ever and the ingredients resemble salsa more than it resembles a pastry. Why would I ever change the perfect brownie recipe I had? Simple: Jess’ doctors recommended she eat a bit lower...

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Down on the farm

Last week I knew I had a three day weekend coming up and I didn’t exactly know what to do with it, so I thought I’d offer my help to anyone who needed it. Amazingly, the very first person I asked was willing to take me up on my offer and asked if I wanted to drive up to Bonifay to help out on the farm and build a chicken coop. Can’t say I’ve ever...

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Gluten-Free Spiced Pear Cookies

Ah, Fall… gotta love this season. Pears, apples, spices… all of them show up in full force to drown us in their comforting tastes and smells. This weekend I was at the Farmer’s Market (as usual) and decided to pick up a few bags of some dried Asian pears (grown by a local farmer out here) mixed with roasted pecans. Upon getting home and remembering...

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Think outside the drum

As anyone who has turned on a TV in the past month knows, there is a massive plume of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Recently I moved to the Gulf Coast and instantly took to eating locally and enjoying the fresh seafood, but that time is now over. With the larger and larger fishing bans, many fishermen are choosing to do other things to get paid, resulting in many...