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I feel abundantly blessed as we have been unscathed by recent calamities in my home state.  As I concoct delicious cuisine in the comfort of my own dry kitchen, I have pondered over difficulties that some of my fellow Texans have endured as Hurricane Harvey has stormed in, followed by an unprecedented amount of rain […]

Six years ago today on July 11, we adopted the most wonderful 8-year-old girl, whom we named Hannah. In Taiwan, children who are 7 or older have a say in their adoption. As the judge in a small courtroom in Hsinchu, Taiwan, repeatedly and directly asked our incredibly brave little girl if she realized she […]

From our family to yours, we wish you the very best National Praline Day ever! It’s apparently a thing.  I never knew until a few days ago when I checked Google for food holidays in the United States.  One day last year I was craving pecan pie, so I baked one in the middle of […]

Happy first day of summer! We have been blessed with two sons and two daughters, half of whom still live at home, Hannah, 14, and Isaac, 5.  Our two older children have always been adventurous at eating most foods, and Hannah is perhaps the least picky eater of them all. Isaac, on the other hand, […]

With my Pampered Chef fluted baking stone, the bundt pan, I baked one of the easiest cakes around, called Chocolate 1-2-3 Cake today for my daughter’s birthday party. All you do is add three ingredients to a chocolate cake mix and bake it at 350 F for 45 minutes and add a glaze or ganache […]

Having recently finished the spring 2017 semester at CU Boulder that included a photojournalism course, tonight I took a one-time class at Austin’s Precision Camera on food photography. One of the most helpful tips for the night was to start using a tripod, which I never do.  The person who taught the class is a […]

Welcome to Kelly’s Kitchen Creation! My daughter, her husband and I just graduated from college in the past month. Yes, that’s right. It took me a few decades to do what they did in the traditional timeframe. There’s been a lot of pomp and circumstance and celebration, so now what? The two young grads have […]

Mark Monette, executive chef and partner of Flagstaff House, has been the man behind the scenes in the kitchen for countless special occasions and celebrations. This fine dining restaurant situated a few miles up Flagstaff Road in Boulder, perched at the Flatirons’ edge with a bird’s-eye view of the city, is where Monette has spent […]

I considered myself to be a decent cook and baker. However, candy making had been unchartered territory until I recently cracked the code of a favorite—chewy Texas Pecan Pralines. This culinary epiphany came only days before I left my home sweet home in Austin, Texas, to return to CU Boulder after an epic hiatus to […]

by Kelly J. Larson One year ago today, this little angel came into our world, sent directly from heaven, without a doubt. Isaac is our fourth child, but the first that I gave birth to. He was the result of a successful treatment called In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), our first and only attempt. The fact […]