Welcome to Dining with Debbie

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sips and Small Bites

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Main Courses

Welcome to my table.

Desserts

You deserve a little something sweet.

Kitchen Basics

Basic tips and teachings from my kitchen to yours.

Arkansas

The people, foods and stories of my home.

Latest Posts

Here's what's cooking lately, y'all.
Desserts

Fresh Blackberry Ice Cream

 AugustWhen the blackberries hangswollen in the woods, in the bramblesnobody owns, I spend all day among the highbranches, reachingmy ripped arms, thinking of nothing, crammingthe black honey of summerinto my mouth; all day my body accepts what...

Desserts

Banana Nut Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

The obituary said she died peacefully on June 16.   At 91, after a full and fruitful life, she deserved that.  While her son and daughters and friends will mourn her passing, they will honor her by living their lives the way in which she lived...

Desserts

Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies

  Whenever I start looking for a sweet bite, I usually turn to cookies.  They’re easy, quick and portable.  Plus, I can normally freeze most of them so that I don’t eat them all at one time!  Or, I can pack up several and spread them out to...