Author: Louise L. Hagedorn

Recipe: Canonigo

Recipe: Canonigo

Of all the desserts of my childhood, canonigo is one I find full of flavor, yet relatively light on the stomach. It’s icing that lands on top of all the heavy food you’ve devoured at a party. Many of our family gathering have at least 

Site Cleaning

Site Cleaning

After years of letting this site just sit around, I found some time to clean up. Things like removing plug-ins that are no longer useful.  Some were just causing my site to crash and it was time to switch to a new one. I ended 

Dolly Parton’s America

Dolly Parton’s America

Jad Abumrad’s podcast Dolly Parton’s America blows me away. You have to listen to it.

Cacao Nib Brownies Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Cacao Nib Brownies Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

My Cacao nib brownies recipe is up at ManilaSpeak.com.  

Bacon and Egg Salad Sandwich Spread Recipe Up at ManilaSpeak

Bacon and Egg Salad Sandwich Spread Recipe Up at ManilaSpeak

My recipe for bacon and egg salad sandwich spread is up at ManilaSpeak.com.

Mojito Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Mojito Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Mojito Drink Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com My mojito recipe is up at Manilaspeak.com.

Cocktails are becoming a common request for me to deconstruct with friends.

 

Shepherd’s Pie Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Shepherd’s Pie Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

My Shepherd’s Pie recipe is up at ManilaSpeak.com.  This recipe brings memories of high school. Mom would make this for dinner, and I’d have it as my packed lunch the next day. In school I would eat it at room temperature. When my friends would see my lunch, 

Name Tag Background

Name Tag Background

Since we’re having a lot  of people coming over for Christmas, with some people meeting for the first time, I thought it would be easier on everyone if I made name tags, so I made a background for the name tags.  

Mom’s Caviar Pie Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Mom’s Caviar Pie Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

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 Mom’s Caviar Pie recipe is up at ManilaSpeak.com. I enjoy making and eating this because it has two of my favorite things, cheese and caviar. It’s also an easy dish to make to wow your guests.

 

Why I Switched Hosting Providers to 247-host.com

Why I Switched Hosting Providers to 247-host.com

Website hosting is a complicated affair to the uninitiated. Most people use free sites because it’s faster and easier to set up and maintain. In the mid-nineties, it would be places like Geocities and Yahoo that would host free personal sites. Geocities was later bought