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I will drive about 2 hours, maybe a little more or less, but always with my husband along. He won't let me go alone which complicates things since our work schedules conflict but helps since he'll take things apart with or for me. More than half of our things are from the Twin Cities area craigslist so we make it work.

Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue University area) has my absolute favorite microbrewery: Lafayette Brewing Company. The East Side Bitter is my choice with a basket of potato munchers. Miss those growlers!

I love chiles en adobo in soups, bean dips, lasagna, shepherd's pie... pretty much a dab in almost everything at my house. Once I open that can, I place them in a jar or air tight container and dip into it for weeks.

My grandma always rolled and cut them out too which is also how I choose to make my dumplings. She didn't use Bisquick though but a simple flour, water, milk, butter and baking powder mix. Oh, the delicious memories!

Do you know anyone in Minneapolis? There is a Room & Board Outlet store there where my husband and I got a similar couch for $500. I love that place!

Odell St Lupulin, Deschutes Twilight Ale and New Belgium Trippel

You've just helped jolt my weekend meal back to life! I love warm weather paired with a Ploughman's lunch.

Steamed asparagus with strawberries and a light balsamic vinaigrette are great together, topped with some walnuts and feta or goat cheese.

Simple roast asparagus is tops with me too.

I love my ricer and Cook's Illustrated steamed mashed potatoes technique, where you rinse the peeled potatoes halfway through steaming them. It makes them fluffy and not glue-like.

Cool-that's my picture! You can find me at thedabble.com...which isn't mentioned.