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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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Arkansas

The people, foods and stories of my home.

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No Normal Friday

    Can you look at this image of our Lord and not weep?  Not be overwhelmed by grief, yet compassion?  Despair yet hope?  Sadness yet joy?     I think all too often the pictures and conceptions we have  of the Crucifixion are too nice.  The...

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Best of the Metro

The deadline for voting for Dining With Debbie as Best Blog in Sync Magazine’s Best of the Metro Contest is April 1 by 5 p.m. After an initial log in, the process becomes easier.  I would appreciate your vote.  Follow this Link or click on the...

Desserts

Pistachio Irish Cream Cake

I was looking for ways to use up the homemade Irish Cream that I had made previously for this Irish Cream Bundt Cake when I remembered a Jell-O cake that my mom used to make all of the time. I altered her basic recipe adapted it for this...

Pistachio Irish Cream Cake via diningwithdebbie.net
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Jumbo Gumbo Cook Off

  Part of my mission at Dining With Debbie is to promote all things good about Arkansas, my home state.  The Allen School in Little Rock is hosting its 4th Annual Jumbo Gumbo Cook Off on Friday, April 5 from 5 until 9 p.m at the River Market in...