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Let Me Eat Cake! How We Got It Wrong About Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was the very young (14 years old), Austrian born bride toFrance’ King Louis XVI during the French Revolution.  She is most remembered for the infamous (and likely non-factual) comment “let them eat cake!” in reference to a mostly starving population of French peasants.  Had she lost her mind?  If you are the Queen, […]

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Sure Do Like Those Christmas Cookies, Sugar

  I did one more cookie for our cookie swap today, and thought I’d share it also.  It is my son’s favorite–a simple, lemony sugar cookie.  Crisp and buttery on the edges and soft in the middle. Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 cups […]

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Santa and The Elves Are Cookie Thievin’ Sugar Junkies

Sugar is worse than illegal drugs.  It is today what LSD was in the 1970’s.  I know this because: 1)                   I was a Director at Psych and Chemical Dependency Hospital; and 2)                   I am a Foodie who bakes.  A lot. I believe that some people are able to kick their chemical dependencies more easily than their […]

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