The past two weeks, every time I walked through the produce department at our local grocery store, pints of blueberries have been calling my name. I tried to avoid eye contact with them, knowing that I didn’t have a good way to get rid of a lot of dessert. But when we were invited to …
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I remember once reading the story of one fast food worker’s infuriating interaction with a customer. The customer ordered “a cheeseburger, but hold the cheese.” The worker paused and asked, “So, a hamburger?” Instead of sheepishly admitting her mistake, the customer was incredulous. “No. I said I want a cheeseburger with no cheese. If I …
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I have had this block of leftover almond paste just sitting in the back of my refrigerator for weeks. Every time I would open the fridge, I would just stare at the container, knowing I needed to use it up but not being 100-percent sure how. But then there were beautiful, fresh blueberries sitting in …
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Years ago, when I was on summer staff at Camp Mennoscah, several staff members spent a bit of an afternoon harvesting tons of mulberries off of a couple trees. This resulted in some time spent that afternoon in serious pie-baking mode, and it was the first time I ever saw a latticed pie top made …
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