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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 10, 2012

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ~ Robert Heinlein FOOD. GLORIOUS VALENTINE’S DAY FOOD. Time for Frugal Café’s second annual Valentine’s Day food and recipe showcase — this collection is just as creative and fabulous as was last year’s, if I do say so myself. [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 5, 2012

  I’ll be honest… as weird as this new food fad sounds, I’d be willing to try this newest food craze for Super Bowl munching that was launched by a New York bakery: the Chicken Wing Cupcake. Selling at $3.50 each (not too expensive by New York’s standards), and for the sheer novelty of it, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 3, 2012

Funniest food quote I’ve read in ages: I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, ‘I gotta use that one.’ ~ Paul Simon FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. Friday once again, and a bountiful collection of fabulous food photos and frugal [...]

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