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Return of the Fluff2 comments

garkyeats wrote 9 months ago: Holy gawd: it appears I let half a month pass by without posting. OOOOPS! Life gets in the way of bl … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, Recipes, Midwest, Fluff, Five Cup Salad, junk-food love, kategarklavs.com, LitBridge

The Victory Garden Strikes Back1 comment

garkyeats wrote 10 months ago: Slowly but surely, I’m trying to work myself out of the food rut I now occupy. Here’s th … more →

Tags: Home cooking, the victory garden cookbook, Marian Morash, marinated carrots, food ruts

With a Twist: Banana Chocolate-Chunk Muffins

garkyeats wrote 11 months ago: G’day, Garkyfriends! Not sure how your week is panning out, but mine is A-OK, despite climatol … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, Weekend Roundup, baking, banana bread, Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins, Adult lyfe

Blast from the Garky Past: Chicken with Bacon, Leeks, and Chives

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: Last week, nothing (healthy) sounded good to eat. Cheetos sounded damn fine; I’ll admit to hav … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, Mission lyfe, cooking with Alex, St. Francis Fountain, chicken with bacon and scallions, childhood foods, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Garky's chicken with Bacon Leeks and Chives

Best of the Midwest: Dinner at Dino's3 comments

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: Before hittin’ the skies, I laid out a few eating-related goals for my visit to Minnesota. I k … more →

Tags: restaurant review, NostalgiaFest, Weekend Roundup, Eating Out 2, Dino's Gyros, French fries, Greek Salad, Midwest Eats, Dino's Gyros Coon Rapids

Best of the Midwest: Costco Lunch5 comments

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: For most of us, the holidays are all about tradition: we prepare spiral-cut ham and serve it on the … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Events, Eating Out 2, christmas foods, Basha hummus, Coon Rapids Costco, cabot cheese, Pizza Margherita, Boylan's root beer

Enter/Return

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: Happy post-Xmas, Garkyfriends! After delayz for dayz, I’m back in SF. Though I only spent a fe … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, Weekend Roundup, nachos navidad, brown christmas, Digital Sabbath, Midwestern food fix

The Pleasure of Anticipation 6 comments

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: Not too much to report, foodwise. These past few days, I’ve been eating Meals of Convenience: … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Events, Eating Out 2, Papa John's Pizza, Dino's Gyros, dining in Coon Rapids, MN, Panera orange scone

This is a Thank You:

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: Ali is the best sister a person could ask for. If you need further proof, consider this anecdote: A … more →

Tags: Events, Archer Farms Gingerbread Pancake/Waffle Mix, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Target browsing, midwest luv

Cozy Food: Pasta Sauce with Mushrooms and Squash

garkyeats wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been feeling cozy. To increase the feeling, I keep my overhead light low and turn on two … more →

Tags: Home cooking, Recipes, Comfort foods, homemade pasta sauce, san marzano tomatoes, winter cooking, pasta sauce with mushrooms and squash

So Simple.3 comments

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: I feel guilty about not making a Mother’s Day-related post. I called my mom on Mother’s … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, MOTHERS DAY, Fruit Salad, carbonated lime juice, corona, taco fest, Shredded Coconut, simple desserts, Fruit

Taco Wednesday

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: I was ten years old the first time I tried Pico de Gallo. I remember this because, at the time, Pico … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, pico de gallo, taco wednesday, Tacos, Whole Foods grass-fed beef, SALSAS, Trader Joe's Salsa Autentica

In like a lion!

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: Bit of a misplaced simile, that title, but the weather here is springlike by most states’ stan … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Home cooking, Recipes, Hook's 30th birthday, Latin American Club, 5-egg chocolate cake, NYE 2010

Guess what time it is?

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago:   Oh, butter cookies of my youth, you are so crisp and so delicious. Royal Dansk time — w … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Royal Dansk, Garklavs Xmas, Butter Cookies

RE: Cap'n Crunch Oops! All Berries Cereal , REF.# 027311273A

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: Kate: Thank you for your interest in our limited edition variety, Oops All Berries Cap’n Crunc … more →

Tags: NostalgiaFest, Cereal, Cap'n Crunch, Cap'n Crunch Oops! All Berries, quaker, Quaker PR, Form Emails, Target, Wal-Mart

Childhood Redux: Oops! All Berries, Part One1 comment

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: On Thanksgiving of last year, I became blisteringly sick. I was well enough on the holiday proper to … more →

Tags: Narrative, NostalgiaFest, Oops All Berries, Sally Jesse Raphael, geraldo, Crunchberries, Kellogs MiXit, sibling bonds, Hurricanes

Childhood Redux: Entenmann's Coffee Cake7 comments

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: Finally, Project Childhood Redux is up and running. I was hoping to start last weekend, but I ran in … more →

Tags: Narrative, NostalgiaFest, Nostalgic Foods, Entenmann's, coffee cake, cheese danish cake, Baked Goods

Guest Post: State Fair Photo Gallery

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: Nothing signals the end of summer quite like the Minnesota State Fair. In late August, Minnesotans g … more →

Tags: Events, Guest Bloggers, fair foods, Guest Blogger, Minnesota State Fair

Sunday Roundup4 comments

garkyeats wrote 2 years ago: Two things: 1) Hook and I made a superb dinner last night: Top: Dover Sole, brushed with Blood Orang … more →

Tags: Home cooking, Weekend Roundup, Dover Sole, entemanns, Nostalgic Foods, Home Cooking, Swiss Chard


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