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Common Cuisine: Adventures in Everyday Cooking
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A cooking site dedicated to helping the everyday chef in you find inspiration to get dinner on the table, including meal planning, recipes, nutrition information, and other food related thoughts.
Recent Posts
The Right Start: Part Two
This is the second part of a post from last week. For best continuity, read Part One first, then come here! How Do I Train the Kids? Moms can help their kids learn to make good breakfast choices in two ways. The first is to offer good options, by onl...
Food in a New Light
I had the most interesting encounter last weekend, that gave me a strange sense of . . . I don’t know what. Amazement I guess, at how diverse our world is. I was volunteering in the hospitality room at my daughter’s swim club meet, workin...
The Right Start: Part One
A noted Chinese proverb says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Moms could adapt these words to say, “Give a child good food, and she will eat good food at home. Tea...
Spiced Pecans
1 teaspoon sweet paprika 1 teaspoon ground cayenne 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon sugar 4 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon honey 1...
My Favorite Menu
For a Christmas exchange this year, I was invited to share a full menu worth of recipes. I chickened out because I couldn’t decide at the last moment, but gave everyone my website address. I realized it’s not too late to participate, as m...
Chicken and Dumplings
Here’s a hearty old-fashioned fall stew recipe, just like grandma used to make. I made this for my family and they loved it! I pureed the cooked vegetables and added them back into the broth for added nutritional value. Also had to add more wat...


Just the blog to get you out of the I am tired of cooking the same old thing blahs!! Practical as well...for us moms who do not have six hours to prepare the evening meal every night.
Posted: April 28th, 2008 | More Reviews From pamelabaker | Report This Comment