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A slice of lunch lady peanut butter bars on a white plate.

Lunch Lady Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Everyone knows this treat as the lunch lady chocolate peanut butter bars. They have been a part of just about everyone’s childhood school lunch experience. …

Double Chocolate Blondies

It’s the end of the school year and I wanted to make a tray of goodies for the ladies in the front office at our …

I'm Ellen, a freelance writer, recipe developer and former correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times where I wrote a regular TASTE section feature as well as reviewed cookbooks for more than 15 years. My Mom and my kids are the inspiration for Family Around the Table. My Grandmother too. I remember my Grandmother making fresh pasta for dinner. She was from Italy and a very good cook so I come by my love of cooking naturally. My Mom inherited her cooking skills too.