Colleen Turner
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...
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A Princess in the Pantry
Every recipe tells a story.
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Colleen Turner
- Jun 30
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- May 31
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Apr 29
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Mar 31
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Feb 28
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Jan 26
- 2 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Dec 30, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
"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...
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Colleen Turner
- Aug 31, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
¡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,...
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Colleen Turner
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Apr 28, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Feb 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Jan 31, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Colleen Turner
- Dec 23, 2021
- 4 min
My "Berry" Good Friend, Milly
The summer I turned 10, my family moved to Cape Cod. I left behind my best-friend-in-the-whole-wide-world, Alan, convinced days of fun...
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