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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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i love you, alberta

On October 8, 2009 By

No, Alberta is not a per­son (although I work with some­one by that name, so that could be weird). Alberta is a street in NE Port­land and it’s quickly becom­ing one of the tasti­est streets in town.

Home­grown Smoker is the vegan BBQ food­cart that opened a cou­ple of months ago. They used to be […]

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bachelor living with Edgar

On October 7, 2009 By

Okay, so in the last post I men­tioned that I’m not much of a girly-girl. And now here is more evi­dence to the contrary.

Jim was out of town last week­end and it made me think of a scene from an episode Sex and the City (yes, I’m a huge SATC fan) where Carrie […]

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why i love martha (and i’m not ashamed to admit it)

On October 6, 2009 By

Women do not have to sac­ri­fice per­son­hood if they are moth­ers. They do not have to sac­ri­fice moth­er­hood in order to be per­sons. Lib­er­a­tion was meant to expand women’s oppor­tu­ni­ties, not to limit them.
~Elaine Heffner

No, Martha is not vegan. Nor are her cook­books or show ter­ri­bly vegan-inclined (although search­ing “vegan” on […]

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mixin’ it up muffins

On October 5, 2009 By

I love muffins.

No, that is an under­state­ment. I LURVE muffins!

Muffins and cook­ies share a com­mon char­ac­ter­is­tic that I hold dear, which is why they are both such pop­u­lar items in our house. They are like a blank can­vas, beg­ging to be tin­kered with. So tasty and so ver­sa­tile, these treats have a […]

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nut butter making you nuts?

On October 2, 2009 By

Before we get into this post, you need to go watch this video from the Vita-Mix peo­ple. Click on “nut but­ter” under the lit­tle TV screen. Just the first few sec­onds or so, but you have to hear how this chef/actor pro­nounces the words “nut but­ters”. I freak­ing love it, it just cracks me […]

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ode to my rice cooker

On October 1, 2009 By

I love my rice cooker. It’s one of my best friends in the kitchen, which is ironic because I used to think they were stupid.

This is a very cheap rice cooker. Soon I will be upgrad­ing to a very nice one, but we bought this one as a tester a lit­tle over a […]

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