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Postcard from the kitchen table

Grateful to a recent dinner guest for the thoughtful pre-Valentine flowers!!!

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‘A Christmas Memory’…Day 4

Day 4

…holes poked generously into each cooled loaf

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eight cakesdampened with whiskey’ wait on the kitchen table

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 to be carefully wrapped (but not before a sample is shared!), first in waxed paper, then foil; then to be stored for months and months to allow the flavors to mellow, ripen.

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‘in four days our work is done’ but the memories will last forever!

Thank you, Cousin John!

and Bridget, Joe and Ellen, and now Zach for allowing me to share in the memories and the love!

 

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Red Velvet Cake

………….love on a plate……………

Perhaps the symbolism of the heart, most often rendered in red,

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translates red velvet cake into the language of the love – love of a daughter for her father.

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beautiful cake, beautiful cook!!!!

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deliciously heartwarming!

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Cousin Love

an altogether unique bond reflected in these beloved faces

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giving thanks, indeed!!!!

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