A dessert I have to try
This past week I had a house full of guests—my family. It was so wonderful to finally be able to spend time with them after over two...
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Adeline Olmer
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
Cooking class—what’s for dinner?
The process of designing a cooking class has had me thinking. What is your biggest cooking dilemma? What problem can I help solve? One of...
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Adeline Olmer
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min
A special dessert
I am not a baker. The reason is that I do not like to follow a recipe exactly as it is written. That works when you are cooking. But...
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Adeline Olmer
- Feb 10, 2022
- 4 min
Zoom cooking class—a surprise
This past week, I took a zoom cooking class. I wasn’t certain what to expect, but since I’m in the process of designing a class; I...
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Adeline Olmer
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Apple pie recipe, simple
Over the holidays when our kitchen was super busy, our kitchen faucet broke. It was annoying, but not debilitating. At one point we were...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Baby it's cold outside—white bean chorizo soup anyone?
It’s been very cold where I live in Westchester, New York, and this Saturday they are predicting a snow storm. I’m thrilled. The idea of...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Why I entertain when I need focus
When I’m distracted and having trouble focusing on work or the tasks at hand, I find entertaining to be the perfect panacea. It has a...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
Untested recipes—so much can go wrong and yet...
Last week’s blog post made me think about what other things I do to challenge myself. When cooking, I love to make something I’ve never...
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Adeline Olmer
- Jan 5, 2022
- 5 min
Losing a friend
After 13 years, Bentley, our dog, got sick. She had a mass in her abdomen and before we could find out exactly what the mass was, she...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
Restaurants - I like
This post is a list of my favorite restaurants. I will continue to update this list as I find restaurants I love and that I plan on going...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
New Year resolution: You only need one—learn why
Ending one year and starting a new one is an important passage we all go through as the days of the calendar end and we align to start...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
The trick to scrambled eggs a la Française
My father made Christmas breakfast every year and it was a treat. Scrambled eggs were his specialty. They weren’t ordinary scrambled...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
A wedding, a party, and lots of laughs
Last Friday we attended our daughter Olivia’s wedding to Greg—again. Thanks to COVID this was actually a redo. They were married last...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
Do you need help in the kitchen?— Here are 7 tips.
As you read this post, I am attending our daughter Olivia and Greg’s wedding part two. Last year they had a small family wedding at our...
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Adeline Olmer
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
2 pie recipes without making pie crust
The other day, I was asked by a woman if I had a recipe for a really easy pie. She had one requirement: could she buy a pie crust instead...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
4 Recipes that use up all your leftovers
I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Thanksgiving; maybe relaxing is pushing it but how about stress-free. Thanksgiving leftovers are...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Here are 6 tips to make your Thanksgiving stress-free
My first suggestion, is do what you need to do to make it easy for yourself. There is no reason to stress out when the holiday is about...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Our memories are powerful tools
In Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham describes the uniqueness of each life creating a pattern similar to the texture and...
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Adeline Olmer
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Why are aprons essential to cooking?
Food splashes, grease splatters, and stains happen. Aprons are important! Unfortunately, I don’t like wearing them. Instead, I wear spots...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Mom's favorite apple tart—easy and good
My mother grew up in Normandy, France. She was full of memories of life near Étretat. But her stories would really come to life when she...
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