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Shannon McConnell is a creative writing graduate of Carlow University, and her sense of adventure in the kitchen is the delight and sometimes horror of her family and friends. She can be reached at foodie_for_life@hotmail.com

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Fall recipes: Salmon chowder

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This is actually a recipe that I made for Christmas one year and it went over so well, that it's become a staple in our Feast of the Seven Fishes....
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Fall recipes: Pretzel bread

To be honest, this was a total accident. Sometimes the best things to come out of my kitchen are accidents. You try to make one thing, and end up...
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Fall recipes: Stuffed rigatoni in alfredo sauce

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Living in Pittsburgh, I know that I am a lucky member of the East Coasters club and that we get to experience fall in a way that is totally different...
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My spaghetti can beat up your spaghetti

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I have been moved beyond words by the graciousness and kindness of my neighbors and friends the past two weeks. My house burned down Monday September...
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The day peanut butter soup made me cry

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I have never met a teenager that puberty was easy for. It is one of the great equalizers - puberty and death. I bring it up because it was...
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Chicken and veggie burritos that bite back

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My usual refuge, the kitchen, has become an inferno. Trying to cook anything the last two weeks has been next to impossible because of the heat. The...
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Lovecraft

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I've never really been what anyone would call a picky eater, but as a child, there were certain foods I was not willing to entertain the thought of,...
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Chicken and potato curry recipe

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To all of my fellow Pittsburghers - if you have never gone shopping down in The Strip, you are missing out on a...
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'Oh no you didn't' chocolate pudding pie

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Chocolate pudding, Oreos, and a graham cracker pie crust were all of the dessert related foods that we came up with. We needed cool whip,...
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Bbq done right - the rib eye and potato salad chapter

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I find the experience of devouring a juicy medium rare piece of steak to be a somewhat religious one. There is nothing that pulls at my ancestral...
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