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Dissent as American as a rhubarb pie
Rhubarb waits in the sink to be made into a sweet or savory summer treat. Questions persist: Has it always been thus? What's next? I...
Erin Stephenson
Jun 2012 min read
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Right choices just might be baked in
Georgia Peanut Pie recalls politicians of the past, but community of voters looks to the future The first time I ever voted, I was a...
Erin Stephenson
Nov 5, 20248 min read
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Food journey takes meandering route
Jelly jars just a stop on the throughline of culinary story. I have a postcard that my grandmother wrote to her sister in 1922. She was...
Erin Stephenson
Sep 24, 202413 min read
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No lie: Democracy, pie worth the work
We are now up to our elbows in politics and pretty pastry. When I was a senior in high school, the city or the county or the feds or the...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 14, 20249 min read
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What you know first eases your journey
Who, what we cherish gather around our tables & define our lives. If you ever asked him to describe his sister Carol, I think my dad...
Erin Stephenson
Jan 27, 20239 min read
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It's incumbent on us to open eyes & act
We need one courageous parent who will insist we don't look away. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago, was...
Erin Stephenson
May 28, 20229 min read
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Never ever forget; and don't look away
Let's not sugarcoat how we've failed those who fought, died for us — let's just do better. My mother’s brothers, my uncles, fought in...
Erin Stephenson
Feb 8, 20228 min read
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Babies, baked goods & beginning anew
Change doesn't have to come on a persistent wind; it can also come on a baby's breath. I’ve heard this quote in my head, over and over,...
Erin Stephenson
Oct 28, 20218 min read
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We shouldn't have to wait for action
As the list of mass shootings grows ever longer, it's time for the U.S. to make something good from the continual trauma. There can be...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 24, 20218 min read
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What's in a name? History, steak & ale
What we call ourselves lets others know where and who we came from. It can tell the tales of our parents and our heritage — or simply let...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 16, 20217 min read
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Honey stays stuck in crime dramas
It's available in all types and flavors and adds a complex note to a strawberry-rhubarb pie; but in my memory, sweet honey also goes with...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 6, 20216 min read
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