Posted on June 30, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Picking blueberries reminds me of a time when I was particularly happy. And nothing says home more than good memories.
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Category: An American In Italy During Coronavirus, Food, HolidaysTags: 4thofJuly, blueberries, blueberrypie, farmlife, goodmemories, Holidays, home, pickingblueberries, pie, summertime
Posted on February 2, 2022
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Finding Home In Our Beloved and The Three Lessons That Pie Baking Teaches Us: A guest post by Kate McDermott, author of The Art of the Pie.
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Category: Food, Leaving Home, Love & Belonging, On the Topic of Home, TravelTags: artofthepie, bakingpie, belonging, chancemeetings, findinghome, internationaltravel, ireland, katemcdermott, lessonsofpie, lifelessons, loveandbelonging, meetingstrangers
Posted on December 12, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Holiday traditions are not just comforting rituals. Sometimes, they serve as lifelines in uncertain times.
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Category: Food, Holidays, Meditations on LivingTags: BraunePfeffernusse, Christmas, christmascookies, Germancookies, Germantraditions, Grandmascookies, Grandmother, Holidays, holidaytraditions, Pfeffernusse, Pfeffernussecoookies
Posted on November 24, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Some thoughts about the history and current state of this holiday. What are YOU giving thanks for this year?
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Category: Food, Holidays, Meditations on LivingTags: farmworkers, Friendsgiving, givingthanks, homefortheholidays, homefortheholidaysmovie, migrantfarmworkers, PequotIndians, PequotTribe, PresidentLincoln, Thanksgiving, thanksgivingmeal, thanksgivingprayer
Posted on September 20, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Chewing has become exhausting. I wish I had understood that decades ago when I made soup for my father.
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Posted on April 11, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Dining tables are more than surfaces for eating. They are vessels for living. They hold us together as families. They represent nourishment, community, and possibility.
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Posted on June 12, 2020
by Jan Peppler
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So much of who I am and what I love was shaped by my time on Grama Baird’s farm. Technically no longer hers, by then it was owned and operated by her grandson, Mick, who lived with his family across the field. And technically… Continue Reading “A Home-cooked Meal”
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Posted on March 26, 2020
by Jan Peppler
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Two recipes I learned years ago from my (then) Italian mother-in-law are a staples of my diet during Covid19 quarantine in Sicily.
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