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The BEST Pumpkin Pie EVER
Find yourself enjoying the most pumpkin-ee-est pie you’ve ever had. Seriously. Those coffee people know what they're doing.
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Winter Hearty: Perogies
There's nothing better on a cold winter night than a hot pan of scratch-made perogies
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Nana Mulligan’s Butter Tarts
The Farmer’s Wife is a Mother. She is a Sister. She is an Aunt. She is not a Grandmother, and certainly not a Nana—although she has high hopes in being one someday. She did however have both of these at one time or another, therefore she feels comfortable discussing them at length. Today, Nana will be presented. Picture her: A small woman; maybe all of four nine and eighty pounds dripping wet. She’s there, waiting at the back door the moment you arrive to usher you in. Now, I know it’s not much of a back door. Not what it once was. At one time it had been a great…
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Farm Kitchen Goulash
Not your high school cafeteria's goulash.
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Sweet and Stuffy Peppers
The perfect game-time snack.
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Farm Kitchen Stuffed Mushrooms
Now, some recipes the Farmer’s Wife has are new. She’s seen an especially ripe vegetable or a certain stinky cheese and her mind fills with all they can become. She’ll scratch her head, try a thing or five and Waa–la! She’s got a new Thing to serve to her family and friends. But not all her recipes came about that way. Some have a bit of history attached to them. This recipe is of that sort. You see, the Farmer’s Father had one cookbook in his entire house. One. And seeing as that the Farmer’s Wife (before she became his wife) was often there and often wanting to cook a…
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Wine Country Pie (of the Concord variety)
No Autumn is complete without this grape-grape pie served with a slice of brie.
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Farm Kitchen Ravioli
Come into the Farm kitchen and learn how to make this staple: Scratch-made Ravioli
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A Promise Kept
At the end of last school year, a family meeting had been held in which all options for the upcoming year in regards to schooling and the children were reviewed and discussed (this meeting is an annual-type–because, let’s face it, things change. What works and works well for one year may not for the next). “I want to stay being homeschooled,” said one–that one being Jacob, who from his vast experience with homeschooling the previous year had already decided it was the life for him. And why not? Is there anything better than pajama-wearing, book-reading, fort-building adventures for a ten-year-old boy? I think not. But what to do with Hannah?…
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The Debate
THE debate of our lifetime. Which will you choose?