The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

By Jill Davis Doughtie

“Would you like some peanut butter cookies?” I asked the kids one day. I’d made them from my mom’s recipe. They’re one of my favorites.
“No thanks!” they both said politely.
Hmmm. I now had a whole plate of cookies to myself. This was good in some ways, but bad in others.
A few weeks [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Hot coals on the barbeque
This is based on a James Beard recipe G’s mom found years ago when G was still a kid. They liked it so much, they called it Platonic marinade, and it’s been a family favorite ever since. G barbecued chicken for me with it when we first started [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Chris and Jack can be pretty selective about what they’ll put in their mouths, chew up and swallow.
I was no exception as a kid. I used to pick every possible fiber of fat out of any chicken I ate, strand by strand, with my fingers. Chicken fat revolted me. I wouldn’t eat [...]

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