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Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.I was recently given the opportunity to speak to the Newton Kiwanis about the many projects I have been working on at the newspaper.We enjoyed a great lunch and good conversation before I spent a bit talking about my job, including my over 10-year expedition into writing this column.I noted to them that sometimes the recipes I try these days get a little weird, because I often feel like I’m running out of ideas for something new each week.

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.Some wonderful friends of ours hosted Joey and me this past weekend while we were on a trip to speak to some college students.We were treated to a great time, fabulous food and amazing company, getting to break bread with a lot of their friends while we were there.Of course, we had to return to reality, and once we were back home late on Monday, work loomed, and our fridge was empty.

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.If you have been reading my column for very long, you might remember a fancy lemon tart I made last year about this time.It was a French recipe and included making everything from scratch.

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.Back when I started this column 10 years ago, I thought people would be coming out of the woodwork to offer up recipes for me to try.

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.Do you have those friends in your life where you have to try several times to plan a get-together before you can actually find a date on the calendar that works?This past weekend, the stars aligned for us to finally spend an evening with just such a pair.

Note: Lindsey is taking the week off from writing.

The Church Basement Ladies are back at the Opera House for two performances of theirChristmas musical comedy “Away in the Basement” on Friday, December 22 at 2 p.m.

Maxwell Wildlife Refuge took visitors back to the 1800s this past weekend.