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Say It Ain't So Mrs. Fields - Recently I watched a news report that said the Mrs. Field Cookie Company was filing bankruptcy because people were no longer shopping in malls... Read more>>

Thank You Chef Paul - Although I can say that my mom, grandmothers, grandfathers, friends of my moms and others have been most influential in my culinary journey...
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Human Error is Here to Stay- Recently I was on Blog Talk Radio’s The Recipe Box with Barbara Howard and although we were talking about back to school lunch ideas... Read more>>