Wednesday, October 28, 2026

DIY Homemade Dog Food

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Tue 20 Oct. Butternut squash on sale, and a value pak of boneless skinless chicken breasts, and the next thing you know I'm breaking ou...
Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Meal No. 4224: Chick-Fil-A Dupe Sandwiches

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Tue 20 Oct . Last Tuesday gave me a chance to come back to homemade fried chicken sandwiches, in the vein of what you get at a rather famous...
Monday, October 26, 2026

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie

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Mon 19 Oct . UNC chums and alums is going to have to be an ongoing affair around here. Yesterday’s blog post chronicled the meal around whi...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

Meal No. 4223: Cheddar Crust Chicken Pot Pie

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Mon 19 Oct . Another gathering of fellow UNC alumni with a Golden Fleece bond amongst us? That suited the moment last Monday and brought wa...
Saturday, October 24, 2026

Vanilla Texas Sheetcake

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Sun 18 Oct . The raucous reunion of RoHo regulars last Sunday night required a dessertish denouement, and I figured a sizable soup serving ...
Friday, October 23, 2026

Meal No. 4222: Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

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Sun 18 Oct . The ‘boo’ feel of October puts the household into a monster and madness mode…or at least pulls us toward those movies and serie...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

Meal No. 4221: Chicken Thighs and Two Sides

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Sat 17 Oct . I’m often seduced by supper simplicity, as happened last Saturday night. After a full and challenging week working out of state...
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Meal No. 4220: Hot Honey Bacon Ranch Chicken Wraps

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Sun 11 Oct . Our rainy weekend, while the dregs of Hurricane Isaias passed ever-so-slowly over the area, drew to its inevitable close Sunda...
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Double Chocolate Liqueur Ice Cream

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When I found myself heading into a full week on the road Sunday before last, I had some heavy cream that was not going to survive my absence...
Monday, October 19, 2026

Meal No. 4219: Broccoli Cheddar Soup

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Sat 10 Oct . The long day and night of cool temps and unending rain while the remnants of Hurricane Isaias gallivanted about the region sure...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Hurricane Isaias System Seizes a Saturday

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One of the latest first-of-the-season hurricanes on record worked itself into a named-storm frenzy while churning over the Gulf of Mexico in...
Saturday, October 17, 2026

Lemon Sugar Cookies

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Sat 10 Oct . The Saturday of Presidents’ Day Weekend was gravely dampened by the passing remnants of a tropical system that came ashore alon...
Friday, October 16, 2026

Meal No. 4218: Bacon Cheddar Sandwiches

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Fri 09 Oct . Once I’d decided I didn’t want to have to run to the store last Friday, I turned to a couple of packages of bacon that needed t...
Thursday, October 15, 2026

Meal No. 4217: Baked Chicken Thigh Fillets

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Thu 08 Oct . Before heading to Virginia for a couple of days of work at the front end of October, I had some remaining chicken thigh fillets...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Meal No. 4216: Taco Beef Sheet Pan Nachos

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Mon 05 Oct . It was another day where I worked up a lunch meal before tossing all my gear into the car to hit the road for a few days of wor...
Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Meal No. 4215: Pan-Fried Spiced Chicken Thighs on Salad

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Sun 04 Sept . After an earlier experiment with pan-frying spiced chicken thighs in a shallow pool of grapeseed oil not long ago, I was read...
Monday, October 12, 2026

Meal No. 4214: Mushroom and Swiss Burgers

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Sat 03 Oct . While the weather on the first Saturday of October didn’t exactly call for an evening of grilling, my taste cravings did. Diggi...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

Boxelder Beetles to Beat the Band

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Dateline: Summer 2026 . Here’s another backlog blog item that is getting posted today as part of my obsession with chronicling the goings-on...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Meal No. 4213: Chicken Shawarma Caesar Wraps

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Dateline: Mon 28 Sept . September’s end represented a four-day work trip to Virginia, and there was just enough leftover chicken shawarma av...
Friday, October 9, 2026

Meal No. 4212: Sheet Pan Chicken Shawarma

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Dateline: Sun 27 Sept . After a most enjoyable weekend of houseguests at the end of September, it was nice to wrap up the gorgeous day that ...
Thursday, October 8, 2026

Apple Crisp Cheesecake Bars

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Dateline: 26 Sept . The annual pilgrimage of dear friends Margaret and Tathy to Winston-Salem to fully immerse themselves in the Bookmarks F...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Meal No. 4211: Brunswick Stew

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Dateline: Sat 26 Sept . The end of September is a mixed bag for me: we have moved officially into Fall and sometimes the cooler weather gets...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Meal No. 4210: Herbed Pan-Fried Chicken Thighs on Caesar-Dressed Greens

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Dateline: Fri 25 Sept . It only took a small sale price to entice: then into my shopping cart went the value-pak of chicken thigh fillets. W...