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Easy Blackberry Cobbler

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I’m a huge fan of cobblers, crisps, and pies.; my favorite remains fresh peach pie.  But blackberries were on sale and so I had two grocery store containers of them. 

Fresh Blackberries

I started looking for cobbler recipes and had to eliminate a few.  One called for cooking the berries in an cast iron skillet on the stove top, then transferring to the oven.  Another called for ingredients I didn’t have. 

Then I discovered the easy to make recipe (below) for blackberry cobbler.  Perfect!

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Colonial Williamsburg Gingerbread Cookies

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It was the summer of 1956; I was a young girl. My family and I were touring Colonial Williamsburg for the first time. I immediately fell in love with the old Virginia town, a place I have returned to many times. I adored the guides’ colonial costumes and hats. I wanted to take a carriage ride and sleep under a canopy bed. I wanted to live there!

Debi Lander's First Trip to Williamsburg in 1956, shown here with a costumed interpreter. .
My First Trip to Williamsburg
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A Thanksgiving Cocktail: Cranberry Pisco Sour

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If you know me, you know I love a Pisco Sour!  I found this recipe flipping through a magazine, and I just had to try it.  Glad I did because it will now become my annual Thanksgiving cocktail. (My Christmas cocktail is the Pomegranate Martini – recipe found on this link.)

The Cranberry Pisco Sour ready to serve.
The Cranberry Pisco Sour, a Thanksgiving Cocktail

I first encountered the frothy pisco sour on a trip to Peru. The tangy, not-too-sweet flavor tasted yummy, but the egg white topping was my favorite part. I only recently learned how mixologists create that forth. Find out how to make a frothy cocktail in my recipe below.

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