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Early risers need good idea for breakfast
My son's high school starts at 7:20 in the morning. That's early. As you are well aware, it's getting darker and cooler every day. The first class begins 35 minutes earlier than last year. My concession to this adjustment has been to set my alarm clock a mere five minutes earlier, which translates into the need for a higher degree of organization for the morning's activities.
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Pie-minded get together
The newly formed Olympia Pie Bakers Guild will host its fall meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Olympia Timberland Regional Library, Eighth and Franklin streets.
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Get a taste of the tropics with pineapple crisp
When Priscilla Southworth moved from Hawaii to New Hampshire, she brought back this recipe for pineapple crisp. It was such a hit, it was included in the cookbook her West Congregational Church in Concord, N.H., published last year.
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Homemade lemon pie without the labor
Emily Dyer included this simple lemon pie recipe in a family cookbook she and her four sisters assembled and self-published last year. It was a family favorite because her husband's mother made it for her son whenever he visited.
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Do-it-yourself cookbooksCommunity cookbooks seem like a throwback to another era, a time when collections of your neighbors' recipes for pineapple upside-down cake and chicken pot pie were de rigueur at church and school fundraisers.
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Stuffed chicken breasts warm up evening meal
October has arrived with skies as blue as liquid sapphire. Brilliant red and yellow leaves dance in the breeze against the deep greens of cedars and firs. When evening temperatures plunge, turning on the oven seems like a good idea again.
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Have a heavenly slice at Boston Harbor Pies
I have a long and happy relationship with pie. When I was growing up in Eastern Washington, we would spend every weekend at my Grandma Dekay's house on Eloika Lake.
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Sumptuous salad combines turkey with fruit
How many recipes do you have in your repertoire that you make over and over again? They form the backbone of our shopping trips and when they are really delicious, they receive exclamations of pleasure and recognition when you take them to a potluck. When folks request the recipe, you know you have a hit.
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Fruit pizzas put new spin on breakfast
Got breakfast? With school back in session, it's a familiar refrain as kids run out the door in the morning.
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Zinester really cooks
When he switched his focus from music to cooking, vegan chef Joshua Ploeg didn't change his way of finding work.
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Food FOR thought
School lunches might be more healthful than ever, but nothing compares to a lunch packed at home. Barbara Cox, an Olympia mother of seven, packs lunches for her school-age sons, 13 and 17, on a regular basis. She includes a sandwich, fruits and vegetables and a homemade treat, such as peanut butter cookies or banana bread.
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Savor Chinese, Mongolian fare at Shanghai Chinese
Shanghai Chinese Restaurant & Mongolian Grill opened about 10 months ago in the spot that formerly was the home of Los Pinos and, before that, a pizza place.
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Summer gatherings call for crowd-pleaser salads
When I hear people talk about spending time with their grandchildren who live in or near Olympia, I must admit, I become envious. My three grandchildren have been living in Slippery Rock, Pa., for the past few years. Because of the difficulty of reconciling schedules for a bunch of very busy people, we had not seen them - or their parents - for two years.
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In pie circles, she's tops
On day two of the American Pie Council's national pie contest in Florida, Suzie Sidhu was worried about the Food Network film crew.
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Use microwave safely
Some nutrients such as Vitamin C break down when exposed to heat. But microwaves probably do a better job of preserving the nutrient content of foods because cooking times are shorter, says the Harvard HealthBeat newsletter. Their tips:
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