Grabbing the Gusto

Deirdre Reid – Freelance Writer & Home Cook

“Two pushes, Deirdre, two pushes!” I wish my inner kitchen coach had yelled that at me when I was working my new cookie press for the first time. A few hours after I made these cookies, I was thinking about how to describe them for Bitten Word’s 2014 Cover to Cover Project: Holiday Cookies. I …

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A quick and flexible dinner recipe — top cod fillets with a pistachio-breadcrumb coating or try a different fish with a different nut coating. ~~~ The last time I served this pistachio-crumb cod for dinner, Jim said, “You really have a thing for cod, don’t you?” Guilty. I bought two large fillets of cod on sale. …

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