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A Princess in the Pantry
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Vive le Poulet à la Française
"Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything!" –Steve Martin, c.1978 Chicken Française, a delightfully thin and tender...
Colleen Turner
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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This is Not the Salisbury Steak of Your Youth!
Look familiar? Yup...this is the one, the only...the Salisbury Steak of my young, food-formative years (think the mid '70s) and, more...
Colleen Turner
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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One Banana, Two Banana
Three Banana, Weed! Make sure your bananas are ripe...this is how you get the best and boldest flavor. I'm not a pot smoker...or a smoker...
Colleen Turner
Jun 30, 20233 min read
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Best Pot Roast...Evah!
When it comes to pot roast, I am old school. I only use onions because they impart amazing flavor and make the gravy a smidge more...
Colleen Turner
May 31, 20233 min read
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You had me at Prosciutto
I owe this gem of a recipe to Andy Cunningham, my unofficial brother-in-law. Andy is a whiz in the kitchen and an amazing photographer...
Colleen Turner
Apr 29, 20234 min read
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It's all Greek to me
Ah, the gyro. A stacked rotating pile of thinly sliced meat, either lamb, pork, beef, or some combination thereof, with latter-day...
Colleen Turner
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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Is it just me or is it hot, hot, hot in here?
Years ago, the lovely Massachusetts-based town of Newburyport boasted a really fun, neighborhood restaurant called "Glenn's." Glenn and...
Colleen Turner
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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Farewell Sweet Scamps
Not much of a boat dog! Like me, Scamps wasn't the most seaworthy of pooches. Here he is on the good vessel Ambiance circa 2010. This...
Colleen Turner
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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The Easiest side
Make no mistake, honing one's cooking skills is an evolution. I started out my days in the kitchen more as a baker (taking my cue from my...
Colleen Turner
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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The Perfect Soup for any Season
At the age of 32, I went on my first fly-to-get-there vacation. This was not my first flight, just the first vacation that I did not...
Colleen Turner
Nov 29, 20223 min read
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Not to brag, but I'm a pretty big "dill."
Ah, the art of pickling...beautiful and a must. I love pickles...and not just the cucumber kind (though those are at the top of my hit...
Colleen Turner
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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"Peas" & Thank You
If you had told me as a child that I would not only grow to love, but also become an aficionado at making Split Pea & Ham Soup, I would...
Colleen Turner
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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One for the money, two for the show…
Three to get ready now, go cat, go! Stew. Is there anything better? It’s comforting on a cold winter’s day. Leftovers freeze like a...
Colleen Turner
Aug 31, 20224 min read
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Lasagna in 45 minutes? No way.
Believe it! Years ago, I was watching ATK* when Chris Kimball and Julia Collin Davison started a show on one-skillet-dinners. I grabbed a...
Colleen Turner
Jul 31, 20224 min read
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¡Ay Garbanzo!
Canned beans are amazing. No, not the haricots verts kind. I'm talking legumes...black, white, pink, red, roman, pinto and of course,...
Colleen Turner
Jun 29, 20224 min read
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Jam Up and Jelly Tight
I was blessed to grow up in a musical family. My mother and her brothers (Mart and Tom) could harmonize like nobody's business. Uncle...
Colleen Turner
May 27, 20224 min read
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I Love Cooking Shows!
My love of cooking shows started long before the Food Network. I just love them. Always have. As a toddler, I had a very severe case of...
Colleen Turner
Apr 28, 20225 min read
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Say "Cheese!"
My grandmother, Winifred Alice (McLean) Curran, was not the warm and fuzzy kind. In fact, when we kids would misbehave, my mother (her...
Colleen Turner
Mar 30, 20225 min read
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Don't let the Title Fool You!
Hamburg Soup. I know, it sounds so pedestrian, but I assure you, it is really tasty. This was one of my mom's go-to recipes. It afforded...
Colleen Turner
Feb 27, 20223 min read
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Repeat after me, "It's all about the sausage."
For a time, my husband Tom and I literally ran in a pack. This was when we were living in Newburyport, Mass., a wonderful coastal...
Colleen Turner
Jan 31, 20224 min read
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