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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 20, 2012

If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony. ~ French restaurateur Fernand Point, considered the father of modern French cuisine FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. Sadly, the legendary Dick Clark passed away this week — [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 13, 2012

“You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat ‘The New York Times’.” ~ News correspondent Morley Safer FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. Garlic rocks, and so do Fridays. Another week’s nearly over, another Friday has finally arrived — and with this Friday’s arrival, more mouth-watering food photos to enjoy and more frugal recipes [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 30, 2012

FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. Over the course of the past year-and-a-half, several thousand food photos and myriad frugal recipes and recipe links have been showcased here in the weekly “Fab Food Friday Fotos” feature. Today’s posting is an encore collection of some of the best of dumplings, salads, and soups that have been featured before — [...]

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