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 13, 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 13, 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 6, 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
- Jan 1, 2022
- 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 30, 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 23, 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 16, 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 9, 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 26, 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 18, 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 11, 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 4, 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 28, 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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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Discovering that my book can really teach you how to cook—
The job of editing is hard. It isn’t a task I’m good at. So, I had Betsy, my editor, scour through the book many times to find all the...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Fall’s colors bring good flavors
Fall’s arrival is announced by the display that happens when leaves change from green to the brilliant hues they turn before floating to...
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Adeline Olmer
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
How walking makes me a better cook
A while back I changed my walks into meditative walks. I don’t remember if I read about it or if I just discovered how powerful it is....
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
What’s your favorite food?
I was in New York City a couple of weeks ago getting my hair styled. The subject of my book came up; of course it did. The woman sitting...
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Adeline Olmer
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
I celebrated my birthday—best-laid plans...
Yesterday, I celebrated my birthday. The plan was to meet my husband, Mark, and do something fun before we met the kids at a French...
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