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Good food and a happy marriage, from a kitchen that got a little quieter

I'm Linda. When the last of our three kids moved out, Tom and I had to relearn two things at once, how to cook for two and how to be just us again. This is where I keep both. The quick weeknight dinners and the big pans of comfort food I still make the minute everyone comes home, plus the honest lessons from over thirty years of marriage.

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Notes on Love From Thirty Some Years of Marriage

What Tom and I have learned, plus the wisdom we picked up from couples who made it to fifty years.

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Fresh Out of the Oven

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Cooking for twoweeknight dinners sized right
Feeding a crowdbig pans for Sunday dinner
Love that lastshonest marriage talk
Date night ideassweet plans that cost little

Weeknight Dinners

Simple suppers that come together on a busy night.

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A Bowl of Something Warm

Soups, stews and chili for chilly evenings.

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Something Sweet

Pies, crisps, cookies and easy no bake treats.

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When Everyone Comes Home

Holiday menus and make ahead plans for a full table.

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