It’s amazing how much coffee we, as in David and I, drink on a monthy basis. Especially since we were not coffee drinkers up until a few years ago. Being a bit older, choosier and more eco-conscience than say, younger java joes, we search out coffee that is made from fair-trade, shade grown and organic beans. We have become fond of a brand of coffee from Trader Joe’s that fits all those criteria in one canister…which brings me to the canister.

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“Hi everyone. My name is Shirle’ and I am a cookbook addict.”

If there were a Cookbook Addicts Anonymous I might have had to find a meeting because I was a true Cookbook junkie. I would join cookbook clubs, buying tons of books, with the hope that I would somehow make every dish in its pages, only to have the book sit on the coffee table, or better yet, my desk, collecting dust. This went on for a few years until one day I realized I had barely touched a recipe in any of them.

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