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Pumpkin Gooey Cake

Have you ever seen that Food Network show “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”?  Each episode focuses on a different category of lusty foods that network stars and chefs eat on their days off.  Anyone who obsesses over food like I do will appreciate the passion that oozes from their mouths with every tasty word.  Well, Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Gooey Cake is the best pumpkin dessert I ever ate.  If you’re not familiar with this yummy recipe, you really should be.  And you know, while I’m all about preserving family food traditions, be forewarned.  This dessert could very well replace [ ... ]
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Broccoli au Gratin

In my kitchen, broccoli is the chicken of the vegetable world.  It’s available year-round, relatively inexpensive, versatile and easy to prepare.  So we eat a lot of it around here.  Okay, that’s not a honest statement.  I eat a lot of it.  My husband and kids, well, they favor the simple preparation of steamed or gently boiled broccoli drizzled with olive oil and dusted with kosher salt.  That’s all good, but it gets boring after a while.  So I occasionally push them beyond their broccoli comfort zones with preparations like this one. Broccoli au Gratin is about as fancy as a [ ... ]