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Guest Blog Post-The Simple Grace of Sharing a Meal

My husband and I are headed to New York City this weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We are planning to explore the local neighborhoods and enjoy the sights, sounds and food of New York City. Christine from Fresh, Local and Best www.freshlocalandbest.blogspot.com has armed us with some wonderful local food establishments to visit.  This would

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Deliciously Dutch Part IV

This is a continuation of a series of short blog posts about our food experience while traveling through the Netherlands this summer. This journey would not have been possible without the hospitality and friendship of the VanVliet family. They opened their home, shared their lives, culture and the love of country with our family. The

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Dinner in Paris

Paris was stunning! The food, well it was stunning too. Paris is a heavenly destination for foodies. We enjoyed a local restaurant in the center of Paris. I ordered a simple egg dish (honestly, it was the only menu item I could decipher on the long list of possibilities), and what arrived would be absolutely delicious.

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Deliciously Dutch Part II

The Dutch can boast a food culture that includes open-air markets with a variety of fresh food products that include meat, cheese, fruits and vegetables. Many Dutch who live outside the city have home gardens too. This allows for much of the population to eat locally and seasonally. The abundance of seasonal vegetables contributes to

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Poffertjes

Literally translated from Dutch to English poffertjes means fritter. These little cakes get their name from the Dutch word meaning to puff up like popcorn or popovers. This is a tasty Dutch treat served traditionally with butter on top, and a generous sprinkling of powdered sugar. However, there is no reason to stop there because

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Deliciously Dutch

Our vacation began in the town of Terborg, located in the providence of Gelderland, approximately 10-km from the German border. This eastern part of the Netherlands provides a typical Dutch landscape of abundant green space, farms, and bicycle paths in a country where they take their bicycles seriously. So seriously, that they are the only

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