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How to Fold a Towel (While baking biscotti)

October 8, 2019 by Alison

You never know what you will learn in a given day, especially while cooking with a friend. I always tell my students that a home cook at any level can learn something new each and every time they cook with someone else. Whether it's a blueberry cake recipe handed down from a friend's great grandma, ...

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Absolute Best Zucchini Bread

September 24, 2019 by Alison

Yum. . . nothing beats a good, moist zucchini bread with hints of cinnamon and a crumble topping. My recipe has a few secret ingredients which make healthier and just the right taste. The moisture component is pretty on point too! I love quick breakfast breads, ones that can be whipped up even on a ...

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Farm Fresh Friday– Just “Beet” it –

July 26, 2019 by Alison

For some reason, beets get a bad rap, especially with the younger generation. Like some of the other veggies in our lives, we've had some quite awful beets which might explain their unpopularity. Overcooked or canned, these quite messy root veggies can quite honestly taste pretty bad and the red ...

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Craving Everything Corn

July 24, 2019 by Alison

From the time I take my last bite of summer fresh corn, I crave the taste all year long. It may only take another nine months until I get to savor the sugary sweet flavors again, but a bit of delayed gratification only enhances my enjoyment as I pull back the husk and take my first crisp bite of ...

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From the Farmers’ Market – Shop by Color

June 21, 2019 by Alison

Every week there are new colors! Last week, the yellow and purple cauliflower caught my eye. Though tired of cauliflower, my family devoured a head of roasted yellow florets. Open your eyes and shake things up this week: shop by color! Take your little ones by the hand, head to the market and ...

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Instant Pot — Instant Gratification

January 21, 2019 by Alison

Happy new year to all of you! I'm thrilled to have received an Instant Pot for Christmas (thanks mom and dad!). Yes, I know what you're thinking. Where has Alison been? Yeah, I know. . . it's been around a while already but sometimes I'm late in trying a new gadget or appliance. I sit back and ...

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Food Prepping and Meal Planning

September 5, 2018 by Alison

Back to school. Back to craziness. With this sweltering heat, the last thing you might want to do is cook, but as I crave some crisp fall days, I can at least write about how to make that task easier and of course enjoyable. We all have our shortcuts in the kitchen. Maybe it's using some prepared ...

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Lemon Chips from Nuts.com

July 11, 2018 by Alison

I'm a chip fiend -- cinnamon, chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, peanut butter chocolate, jammy bits -- you name it. So when I found out from one of my students who works at Nuts.com that lemon chips existed, I have to say I was beyond excited. I know, it's amazing that a chip can have such a ...

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Zucchini Blossom and Ribbon Summer Salad

July 11, 2018 by Alison

I've written much about the sudden and mysterious ways inspiration will strike. Whether it's the taste of something exotic or a new use for the mundane, you never know when or how it might happen but suddenly it will. Working full time, going through the process of a divorce and a big move, I ...

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Pumpkin and More Pumpkin

November 21, 2017 by Alison

  You better like pumpkin or you're in big trouble. Pumpkin is everywhere! Cereal, cookies, cakes, breads, muffins, breakfast treats, ice-cream, Oreos -- It's the flavor of the year! Maybe even the flavor of the century! It seems like there's been a pumpkin explosion in the aisles of every ...

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About Alison Javens

It all began when I was a child cooking with my dad, the kitchen a magnet for cooking and camaraderie, a refuge from adolescence. I spent countless hours chopping, sautéing and simmering my way through childhood. And now, with three kids of my own, I’m still chopping, but this time through their childhood and often with friends.

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