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Dessert is one of my favorite food groups. I enjoy those made with chocolate and cake and generally avoid those made with apricots and/or plums. Truth be told, the only fruit I really like in desserts are apples, and maybe rhubarb, but I think rhubarb is technically a vegetable so that doesn’t really count.
I used [...]

Hello Old Friends,
I’ve been away for quite some time and have been feeling like it’s high time I start blogging again. I’ll be tackling the same topics – food, cooking, kids, restaurants, and books and movies when I’m able to sneak them in with at least a little relevance. I’m thinking the apple crisp I [...]

Hi Friends,
So here’s the deal. Yumm is going through a little renovation and when it comes back, hopefully soon, it will look a little different. I hope you’ll like our new look and our new ideas for helping you out in the kitchen. In the meantime, be well and keep cooking.
See you soon.
-Anne

Sauteed mushrooms are among the simplest things you can make to dress up your food. Hamburgers in particular benefit immensely from sauteed mushrooms (and grilled onions and blue cheese if you ask any number of people – or pesto, which gets my vote over cheese.) Another thing that pairs beautifully with sauteed mushrooms is polenta. Now, [...]

1 cup dry Israeli couscous
2 chicken sausages
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced and chopped
5-7 asparagus spears, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 “shake” Cayenne pepper
Salt and Pepper to taste
Cook the Israeli couscous according to the package directions.
While the couscous is cooking, remove the sausages from their casings and put them into a large saute pan [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, eating is a bit of an issue for my son. He has only a few things that he’ll eat with any consistency; quesadillas, rice with “hidden” chicken and broccoli, noodles with black beans, potatoes, there are a small handful of other things, but it’s not much. I’m always trying to get [...]

Here are just a few quick side notes to this newest video. 
1. I regret that we didn’t take more film for this video. It was vacation and the bird was already cooked by the time I realized we should have been filming. Also, my dad was so great on camera that it’s just a bummer [...]

I was having some girls and their kids over the other morning and thought it would be nice to have a little breakfasty cake to go with our coffee. I had this thought at about 8 o’clock at night, the night before they were all coming over. I had absolutely no desire to go to [...]

A few weeks ago I was on vacation with my family. We go to the same small lake town every year and spend a week swimming, reading, lounging, and generally pretending we don’t have real responsibilities back home. It’s fantastic. Usually. This year something happened that sent my heart into my throat and I am [...]

Growing up we didn’t go crazy with the birthdays. Don’t get me wrong - a fuss was made, to be sure, but there weren’t ponies or Jumpies or fancy restaurants or 100-person parties. For myself, I mean I think I stopped having friend-based birthday parties around the age of 11 or 12. I just couldn’t be bothered. [...]