Tag: cooking

The D.E.P. (Derail Every Plan) Method

I’m in two critique groups, one for novels and one for screenplays.  My novel group met yesterday and chapters 4 and 5 of my first steampunk novel were up. The great thing about being in a critique group is that, while all will comment on story structure and characters, different […]

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… it’s Seder-Day Night!

Happy Easter, everyone! Three days before we celebrated Easter, my church, Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, held a Seder, the traditional Jewish celebration of Passover.  Why celebrate Passover?  Because as Christians, it’s part of our heritage as well.  We have the Old Testament, Moses, the Ten Commandments, the exodus from […]

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Goals!

It’s the end of the first quarter of the year and time to see how I’m doing on my goals. SECOND STEAMPUNK SCREENPLAY: Finish editing through it: It stands at 163 pages at the moment.  I’d like to get it down to at least 143 pages, the length of the […]

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Off to a Good Start

It may be two months early to review my goals, but as I was marking my progress for the month, I realized how much I accomplished.  Some of it, like trying new recipes, I wasn’t even trying.  I just love trying new recipes I find. It’s important to break down […]

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Cherrys are Go!

About four or five years ago, I became aware of a remake of the original Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series, “The Thunderbirds”.  I’ve been a fan of the show since it aired in America when I was in the 6th grade.  And about a dozen years or so ago, the […]

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It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Christmas

Around here we have several traditions for the Christmas season.  One of them is baking cookies! I have collected several cookie recipes over the years.  Some are favorites that I always make, like the Hershey’s Kiss cookies.  Sometimes I tinker around with recipes, like making the Hershey’s Kiss cookie dough, […]

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Remember These Guys…

Well, one of them turned into this –   It’s finally time to harvest some fruit. These were the first two to pop. They became chili last night. Not a new recipe, but one of our favorites. We harvested a total of 24 habaneros. Later these other ones will become […]

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My New Obsession

Years ago, when I fell in love with cooking, I got most of my recipes from the Taste of Home and Taste of Home Quick Cooking magazines.  Every month I would wait for my two magazines and peruse through them for new dishes to make.  And at the end of […]

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2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet).  Third Quarter Edition.

For the full version see my January 16th, 2022 blog, https://dennisamadorcherry.com/blog/writing/2022-goals/ POLISH OFF MY FIRST STEAMPUNK NOVEL: I plan to have this done by Presidents’ Day.  I did it!  I finished it.  Kris and I went through the whole thing line by line.  I got it as ready as I […]

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Busy Weekend

It started Saturday morning at 6:00 am.  I was on kitchen staff at church making breakfast burritos for the woman’s conference the way we make them at the men’s monthly breakfasts.  Hey, women need burritos, too.  Luckily, I’m ¼ Mexican, so I know how to wrap a burrito. After getting […]

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