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the smell of soup season

On September 14, 2011 By

Nature giveth and she taketh away.

I think she took summer.

It took a long time for sum­mer to finally make its appear­ance in the Pacific North­west, so I couldn’t help but feel a lit­tle slighted last night, as I begrudg­ingly pulled an extra blan­ket onto the bed. But while I long to soak up […]

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seussical st. patty’s soup

On March 17, 2011 By

Green eggs and ham not only sounds dis­gust­ing, but is also likely to induce stom­ach aches if you’ve indulged in too much green beer. But some refresh­ing and nat­u­rally green soup, chocked full of roasted gar­lic, white beans and greens, is sure to help detox that liver and perk you up.

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black friday fuel

On November 25, 2010 By

Or lay-on-the-couch-and-watch-TV-all-day fuel. Or Tofurky-coma-hangover-need-energy-to-tolerate-family-I-only-see-this-time-of-year fuel. What­evs. It works in any scenario.

While you worry about the food for today, let me worry about the food for tomor­row. Use some of the left­over ele­ments of Thanks­giv­ing that will be lurk­ing in your fridge, des­tined to mold (ah, we all have such good inten­tions, don’t we?), […]

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cold weather = hearty food

On October 21, 2010 By

HP friends, sorry to say there is noth­ing Harry Pot­ter related in this post. Many more to come, though!

My life, as of late, has con­sisted of work and bak­ing. LOTS of bak­ing. Not to com­plain, but woman can­not live on cake alone. (You think I lie. For realz, though, if any­one could it would […]

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kitchen confessions

On October 9, 2009 By

We all have things in our lives that we do a lit­tle, well, half-baked. We are an inge­nu­itive species, so when things don’t work for us we either cre­ate some­thing that does or mod­ify what already exists. And from that spirit, we also find new uses for old or bro­ken things.

I have pur­chased a […]

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