Bloom Archives
My Plate or Yours
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My Plate or Yours: A Woman and Her Morels
For a brief and shining moment—a short four seasons—we lived in an Indiana morel patch.
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My Plate or Yours: For Mom
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR For the first time in my life, this Mother’s Day will dawn and I will have no flowers to send, no…
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Oh, the Savory Smells of Home Cooking
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR Not long ago, on a gloomy day of flat, gray skies and damp, to-the-bone cold, I found myself craving the aroma…
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My Plate or Yours: Candy Corn and Other Treats Aren’t Seasonal Anymore
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR I have been waiting all year to write a column on candy corn—those yellow, orange, and white candies that look more…
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My Plate or Yours: Try Spatchcocking for Great Grilled Chicken
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR At our house, things cooked on the grill have a tendency to end up a little overcooked, so I am always…
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My Plate or Yours: In Praise of Stinky Food
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR Honestly—some foods smell so bad you can’t believe that people let them anywhere near their mouths, which are, after all, so…
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My Plate or Yours: In Trying Times, Try a Milkshake
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR There is irony in the fact that, as my husband was being prepped for heart surgery to replace his clogged arteries,…
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My Plate or Yours: Revelations of A Breakfast Lover
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR When I am home, I am a creature of routine. Most of my days start the exact same way. I get…