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Well, I feel like I've been living a lie.

Have you ever had this?

Turkey Day is here, and you know what that means: it's time to talk about food.

What’s your favorite Maine-based recipe?

Here 'tis. Pepperoni, cheese, eggs, 15 minutes and a skillet, that's pretty much it. Maybe the best scrambled egg concoction we've ever come across, perfect for a weeknight suppertime change of pace.

This fried cheesy pickle recipe is my simplified version of Molly Yeh's. Right now I'm reading her "Molly On The Range" cookbook like it's a novel -- She really is a fantastic writer and storyteller, as well as being super-smart about how to properly treat your ingredients.

We're so psyched about having some Pats action on Sunday afternoon, you don't want to have to spend your time prepping and cooking and cleaning up. Nor do you have to settle for rippin' open a bag of chips and serving 'em with that pre-made-in-the-container-wicked-salty-dip-stuff.

Some say you shouldn't mess with a classic, like a straight-up old-fashioned grilled cheese sandwich. Do not listen to them.

Once again, my wife and I have no idea where this came from, but after we served it for company, everybody wanted the recipe to take home. How can you not love something with "Dump-And-Bake" in its name?

If you're a Dad, you've (hopefully) been asked, "What do you want to eat on Father's Day?". I want to grill up these burgers, inspired by one our favorite Food Network chefs, the late Carl Ruiz. These are so insanely tasty, they've become part of the regular rotation.

Another "Lost and Found" pearl from the bottomless 3x5 cardholder. This one, though, was on a folded up piece of paper, clearly (and poorly) torn out from your basic school notebook. Handwritten printing, not cursive, in extremely faded light blue ink. We think it came from a friend of a friend that our oldest daughter used to baby-sit for.

We're still sorting out the "box from Hell" and all of the (literally) hundreds of recipes that have accumulated over the last 40 years. An overdue project, yes, but the fun part still is discovering various index cards and crumpled paperwork and not having any idea whatsoever as to where it came from or who gave it to you and when, etc.

As the quarantine blues continue, Story Land shares a 'secret' recipe for a summertime favorite, their blue and red slushies

Native Mainers took to the defensive after Food & Wine posted a recipe for a Maine-style lobster roll that doesn't seem very Maine at all

I bet it's not what you'd think.

Over the course of my cooking career there have been, of course, some ingredients that I have been asked to leave out of dishes. I usually happily comply and make an effort to remember for the next time we have them over.