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A Few Things Most People Don’t Know About Food

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Cow and Calf

On a past trip, I was sitting at a restaurant counter in Savannah, Georgia having dinner, and chatting with the stranger sitting next to me. He was going on-and-on about climate change and fossil fuels as he took another bite of his cheeseburger. Whether climate change is real, or not, is not what this post is […]

The Best Cranberry Sauce Recipe

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A bowl of cranberries waiting to be cooked into holiday cranberry sauce.

Take my word for it, this is in the top ten of Cranberry Sauce Recipes. I’ve made it for years during the holidays, and even not during the holidays—because it’s that good and adds to many dishes. Plus, your kitchen will smell Divine!!!! Of course, a nip of the port doesn’t hurt either. The Recipe […]

Easy Elderberry Syrup

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Elderberry Syrup

Happy Fall. Phebe here with your annual reminder that it’s time to make, or buy, the Elderberry Syrup. Did you know it’s easy to make Elderberry Syrup? In the last few years since I’ve been making it, and reminding you dear readers—it’s become very popular. It was about this time last year that my friend, […]

Healthy Banana Cream Pie

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Easy, No Bake Vegan Fruit Pie

This is one of the easiest, no baking required, pop-it-in-the-freezer, vegan banana pie. I found the recipe on an Instagram post from, nutrition_facts_org.  After making it and posting this photo on FaceBook I’ve had several recipe requests, so here it is on the blog for easy finding. If you want to receive short videos of […]

How to Store Dry Beans and Grains

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This video is about getting through the possible inconvenience of the next few years, not apocalyptic food storage. Let’s go through this time with nutritious foods you know how to cook, and like to eat. I think it’s time to start channelling my Grandmothers. Since I don’t have them, I’m learning from two homesteaders. I […]

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Phebe Phillips, 2021, Podcaster, Cat Lover, Poet, Storyteller

Phebe Phillips is best known for whimsical plush toys that filled the shelves of Neiman Marcus, FAO, and many fine retailers for 25-years. Today, she creates The Literary Catcast Podcast—dedicated to the preservation of vintage books and writings with cats as main characters, bringing them into the modern awareness of a podcast. She writes poetry and short essays for publication in journals. She has two upcoming books, Sleeping With Louie—a daughter’s soul journey as an only child of a mother with Borderline Personality Disorder, who was also an only child, and Upper East Side of The Pines—growing up in East Texas during the sweetness of the 1960s. She is married to Mac. They live with six cats! For now, they live in Dallas, Texas until they move deep into the East Texas piney woods in 2022.

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