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Visiting vaccine centers and the easiest apple pie
Mike and I got our second COVID shot about a month ago, so we have spent the last two weeks touring Ohio and checking out all the different vaccinatio...

Fun foods, books for Dr. Seuss Day
February is quickly coming to a close which means March 2 is almost here. For a lot of kids, that is a very special day. It is the birthday of Theodor...

Pizza Bubbles for a snack or dinner
I was looking through some of my early cookbooks and found my recipe for pizza bubbles, and it made me smile.This is a recipe my children loved to mak...

Double apple oatmeal muffins for Nutrition Month
March has finally arrived!Yesterday I saw my first flowers in bloom — beautiful bright yellow aconites! The sap is finally flowing from the mapl...

Irish breakfast scones, soda bread
The DeWines are all very proud of their Irish heritage.Two DeWine brothers left County Galway, Ireland during the potato famine in the 1840s and came ...

Jill Biden’s Chicken Parmesan
Over the years I have collected and used many recipes from First Ladies. Ronald Reagan’s Favorite Macaroni and Cheese is one of our favorite com...

Mother’s Banana Pudding
January is over. I’ve put away all my Christmas decorations, reorganized my recipes, and now I’m ready to finish up my little cookbook tha...

Super Bowl olive cheese bread
I love olives and have since I was a little girl.I also love cheese. And bread. So I was really drawn to a recipe I saw recently for Olive Cheese Brea...

Cherry Almond Bars for Presidents’ Day, Valentine’s Day
It was a tough week to decide what food to write about.There were so many choices — Lincoln’s birthday, Presidents’ Day weekend, Mar...

Pie crust: Technique is important
I do not come from a family of pie makers. My mother made beautiful cakes — county fair prize-winning cakes. But no pies, except for the occasio...