February 2011
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Sunny Sunday Baking [Hazelnut Brown Butter Banana...
I’d be hard pressed to find a time during my week that is more wonderful than Sunday mornings. Lazy, comforting, judgement free Sundays. If it could talk, Sunday would gently reassure you, in a soft, honeyed voice, that the stress and worries of the previous week were gone now, and you could be free to start again.
As I sit here, sun cascading through my windows and setting my whole right side...
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Soup and Stories [Tom Kah Gai]
Let me first start by telling you my laptop mysteriously shut down just as I was about to click “post” on a completely finished entry. For a second I thought my heart might pound right through the vein in my neck. Luckily Allan made me some tea and I calmed down. Otherwise the Bronson nightcrew might have found themselves a new laptop tonight.
Let’s try this again....
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Lazy Lady Tiramisu
So here I am, sitting in my birthday suit (no, not that birthday suit. I mean my jammies. Because it’s my birthday. And this is the suit I chose to wear today…!) and it dawned on me that I promised a recipe yesterday and didn’t follow through. Oh jeepers. Worst blogger ever.
I could tell you it was because I was super busy at the office, working until 7 and then having to come...
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Crumbling Sunshine [Grapefruit Tart]
The term ‘just one of those weeks’ (or days, months, years…) has never rung more true or slipped more frequently from my lips than it has in the past two weeks. I’ve had to tell myself on numerous occasions that this winter is a true test of my patience, sanity and emotions. I hope I’m passing.
I think one main thing that’s keeping me down is the lack of sun...
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Tasty Repeats [Nutella Souffle]
I think I might have said something about ‘trying new things’ in 2011, right? Maybe a few dozen times? And you’re probably a little tired of it? Lucky for you this isn’t something new. In fact, it’s quite similar to something I wrote about…oh…five days ago. So really, the complete opposite of trying something new. I’ve brought you some of the same...
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Cringingly Delicious [Rioja Steamed Mussels with...
Remember when you were a kid and you used to sit at the adult table, looking on in disgust as your parents and their friends drank their smelly beer/wine, eating their odd looking food, and thinking to yourself “Ewwww, I will never eat or drink that stuff.”
That was me. I wouldn’ say I was picky, but every so often I would see or smell something that I wanted nothing to do...
anitameal asked: You don't post often, but when you do update, it's quality =)
Love your recipes.
Love your recipes.
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Dirty Little Secrets [Bittersweet Chocolate...
I’ve been telling you for over a year now that I don’t like sweets. I was the kid who would trade my chocolate bar for a bag of chips. But it occured to me last week that I have been lying to you. I’m a bad friend. I realize that at this point in our relationship, there shouldn’t be any secrets kept between us. We should be putting it all out on the table. So here it is,...
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Coffee Up That Cow! [Coffee Braised Beef w Orange...
I like coffee. I like it hot, I like it cold. I like it black, I like it creamy and sweet. I like it in a mug, I like it in a paper cup. I like it with breakfast, I like it with my pot roast.
Wait. What? Coffee? Pot roast? Yes, you read correctly. I’m not losing it. I like it with my pot roast. That is to say, I like my pot roast braised in it. (a crumpled, well loved bag of Bridgehead...
