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eat this, totino’s!

On August 23, 2009 By

Remember those awful Pizza Rolls commercials? They may still have them now, I don’t know, but I remember watching them when I was a teen. The young boy, bounding home from school with his friends in tow, pondering what they would have for an after school snack. After perusing the kitchen and turning up […]

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book release par-tay!

On August 21, 2009 By

If you pre-ordered through Amazon, you should have received a notice yesterday that the books will be shipping next week! Yay! If you didn’t preorder and are interested in buying one, please request one at your local bookseller. If they see a demand, they might keep it in stock!

If you’re in the Portland area, […]

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sad füd

On August 11, 2009 By

So, I heard the good news today that my book has shipped from the printers to the distribution warehouse, so it should be only about 2 more weeks. Yay! I’m very excited about this.

Sometimes meals, no matter how promising, fall short of your expectations. The following post is a lesson in unexpected food […]

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jam on parade!

On August 6, 2009 By

Okay, this has been long in the making, but summer’s been keeping me a little occupied.

So, two things for this post:

1. Jam! I’m made a little photo tutorial on how to make jam. I swear, it’s not hard. A little time consuming, yes. But once you have your elements prepared and […]

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cookbook update and cookies for noming

On August 3, 2009 By

Hey there!

Summer has us in a full-on whirlwind of hustle and bustle. I can’t believe it’s August! I remember agonizing over childhood and adolescence, just willing it to hurry up. Now I’m dragging my heels to make the wheels turn a little more slowly.

Anyway, I wanted to give you a little update […]

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summer lovin’

On July 26, 2009 By

As much as the heat can tire me, I love summer. The sunshine, birds hopping about, squirrels lazing on the top of our fence with their little, furry thighs slung over the wood as they snooze sprawled out in the midday heat. What’s not to love? Sure you sweat, but that’s healthy and good to […]

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very berry american summer

On July 23, 2009 By

It’s hot.

It’s very hot.

I’m not going to complain, though. Our weather has volleyed between 65 degree highs and 95 degrees highs, rather bipolar. And when it was cooler, I was very loudly unhappy about it not feeling like summer. Something out there must have heard me, because here we are.

The heat has […]

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a baker’s tour of portland

On July 20, 2009 By

Portland is a great place for foodies, no doubt. Whether you’re vegan, omni, microbrew aficionado or mixologist, Portland has you covered. That’s all fine and good if you wish to be served, but what if you want to be the one behind the apron? One of the things that Portland has […]

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