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Sweet Tea Gazette: 10/1/11 - 11/1/11

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011. A warm supper on this rainy October evening took me back to my childhood and reminded me of my dad. Today would have been his birthday. He loved cheese and apparently it loved him, too. He lived 91 years without even a hint of heart trouble. Every year for his birthday, I would bake him a spice cake with as much caramel icing as I could lawfully load onto the layers without collapsing the whole thing. Behind cheese and my mother, sugar was probably his third love. We have just ...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: 11/1/11 - 12/1/11

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Making my way through the grocery store this morning, I looked around at the aisles upon aisles of food, the produce section stocked with mountains of fresh fruits and vegetables, the loaves of bread hot from the ovens, and the crush of people getting ready for their Thanksgiving dinners. In the midst of it all, I stopped and said "Lord, we are a blessed people. Thank you! Posted by BETH YARBROUGH. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to the Sweet Tea Gazette. We have just op...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: Mayberry Mourns

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Seldom does a group of writers, directors, actors and producers manage to capture the essence of a time and place as did the group who brought us this television show. If you have ever wondered what the small-town South is really like, watch a couple of episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Linger long enough and you will begin to understand. His face lit up with a big smile and he said "Oh - easy! The actor Billy Bob Thornton, who grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, says he still reme...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: Every Town Has One

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Every Town Has One. I grew up pre-Martha Stewart in a small town. Our home cooks had a wonderful lady named Betty Feezor who hosted a daily cooking show on the local TV station in Charlotte. Other than that, they relied on word of mouth - recipes and methods that had been time and taste-tested by their mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters-in-law and next-door-neighbors. Photo courtesy of flours-sf.com). Joan's lemon pound.". Photo courtesy of charmandsalt.com). These are just de...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: 12/1/11 - 1/1/12

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Andy Williams was right. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. There are so many little things that combine to make that true - and for each one of us the list is different. Here is my list of Christmas Cravings - the little sights, sounds, smells, tastes and happenings that warm my heart and say "Christmas" like nothing else:. The tiny ring-ring of the Salvation Army bells. Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino at Starbucks. Any Christmas song sung by Dean Martin. My favor...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: 1/1/12 - 2/1/12

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Sunday, January 22, 2012. Rembrandts, Cheeseburgers and Mudslides. How could I have let this happen? Rembrandt had been hanging out (no pun intended) in Raleigh since October and I was about to let him slip out of town without saying hello. Rembrandt in America - the largest collection of authentic Rembrandts ever assembled and shown on American soil - was entering its final weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Translation: "Anyone up for a nice round of golf? His t-shirt should read:.

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Sweet Tea Gazette: A Walk in the Garden

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Monday, June 25, 2012. A Walk in the Garden. Pink hydrangeas in the courtyard. A basket of white oakleaf hydrangea, ready for the retail shop. Impatiens in the potting shed window box. Zinnias in the vegetable garden. A wild clump of tiger lily. A new variety of sunflowers in the pumpkin patch. Another new variety of sunflower. One of the pink zinnias (who insisted on her own cameo shot). Posted by BETH YARBROUGH. June 25, 2012 at 8:42 AM. That southern climate sure is wonderful for gardens! Internationa...

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Sweet Tea Gazette: 8/1/11 - 9/1/11

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Friday, August 26, 2011. Hurricanes.do come true.it can happen to you.if you're.". My apologies to Mr. Durante, but my paraphrase of his song carries a little message with it. If you are in the path of Hurricane Irene on this upcoming weekend - get out of the way. After the storm, we ventured out to inspect our little town - a trip that turned out to be almost impossible because the roads were all blocked. Trees weren't just fallen. Many of them were standing on their heads in the middle of the s...By co...