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    Articles by Margaret Walton
    Prom-shopping granddaughter inspires tears from the past | WHIDBEY RECIPES
    Prom-shopping granddaughter inspires tears from the past |...
    By Margaret Walton • March 2, 2010 7:38 pm

    Grandchildren, it turns out, are one of the unexpected benefits of having children in the first place, or so it…

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    Cure for stomach pains = live frogs? | (non-frog) WHIDBEY RECIPES
    Cure for stomach pains = live frogs? |...
    By Margaret Walton • February 23, 2010 7:37 pm

    When a couple in Ormond Beach, Fla. found a frog in their can of Pepsi, they were understandably upset. They had originally thought it was a mouse.
    Personally, when I read the item about the frog, I can only say how happy I was that I don’t drink Pepsi.
    I don’t, in fact, drink soda pop of any kind, with or without mice or frogs.

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | One taste and you’ll say, ‘Umami — I want more!’
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | One taste and you’ll say,...
    By Margaret Walton • February 17, 2010 8:00 am

    Array

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Mandarin chicken is the right dish for your hungry Tiger
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Mandarin chicken is the right...
    By Margaret Walton • February 10, 2010 3:49 pm

    “Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry!”…

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Never heard of geoduck? And you call yourself a supercook
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Never heard of geoduck? And...
    By Margaret Walton • February 3, 2010 2:24 pm

    Remember when you were a kid and played “Let’s Pretend?” That’s what we’re doing today, so even if you were backward as a child and didn’t play “Let’s Pretend,” just go along with it for a bit.

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Nothing hits the spot like a flavorful soup — or an angry linebacker
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Nothing hits the spot like...
    By Margaret Walton • January 28, 2010 8:00 am

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Sibling’s departure is the only treatment for the Sister Blister
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Sibling’s departure is the only...
    By Margaret Walton • January 20, 2010 8:00 am

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Soup is the sure cure for those pesky January blues
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Soup is the sure cure...
    By Margaret Walton • January 14, 2010 11:50 am

    The soup song from “Alice in Wonderland” has been running through my head for several days now, which is nothing…

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | What to do with it all? Just answer the question, please
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | What to do with it...
    By Margaret Walton • January 5, 2010 7:17 pm

    What do you do with one cold Wiener-schnitzel, about a half cup of German potato salad, several slices of cold…

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Break out the snacks and the bowls, it’s party time again
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Break out the snacks and...
    By Margaret Walton • January 4, 2010 11:22 am

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Every Christmas once brought a box of sweet memories
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Every Christmas once brought a...
    By Margaret Walton • December 18, 2009 7:44 pm

    Every year for Christmas my dad brought my mom a box of chocolates, almost always the large, holiday Whitman’s Sampler….

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | A batch of oven-hot cookies will restore that good cheer
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | A batch of oven-hot cookies...
    By Margaret Walton • December 10, 2009 4:10 pm

    It’s surprising how many people I’ve talked to in the past couple of weeks who mention that they just don’t feel very Christmasy this year, or that Christmas just doesn’t feel very cheery yet, for some reason.

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    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Recent headlines leave us with a few sad endings
    WHIDBEY RECIPES | Recent headlines leave us with...
    By Margaret Walton • December 7, 2009 4:35 pm

    A 97-year-old man is found floating in the frigid waters of Mutiny Bay, thought to have drifted there from Mukilteo,…

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