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(except when they really, really annoy you) I didn’t want them as my neighbors. People had warned me about them; told me to watch my… Read More »Love thy Neighbor(s)

I like to make soup with the tired vegetables from my refrigerator’s vegetable drawers. You know: the limp carrots, the saggy celery. Sometimes I think… Read More »Making Soup With the First Baby Boomer

Welcome to PattyTakes… In certain restaurants with polished (or wanna-be-polished) chefs, there’s a little morsel served to diners called an “amuse-bouche.” This bite-sized hors d’oeuvre… Read More »Hello!