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It’s been a long time, but I can’t express how happy I am to be back at this. With the start of the new year came the submission of a slew of college applications. And panic. Panic after submission, rather … Continue reading
It’s been a long time, but I can’t express how happy I am to be back at this. With the start of the new year came the submission of a slew of college applications. And panic. Panic after submission, rather … Continue reading
For a while, it had seemed like the holidays had lost value, as if, with all the schoolwork and stresses of everyday life, there wasn’t really any magic left in getting together for the holidays. For a few years there, … Continue reading
Compositionally, I find the above photo rather appealing. Sadly, I don’t think most people would realize that the pepper is actually supposed to resemble a flower. In essence, I could use some practice with food sculpture. Last weekend I learned, … Continue reading
Visiting Europe was a childhood dream. How appropriate, how fortunate, how positively serendipitous it was to be able to realize that dream the summer before my last year in high school, while I am still considered by many to be … Continue reading
Maybe I mentioned last year how difficult it is to get recipes using fresh produce on here. For fear of fruits and vegetables going bad I’m always too hurried to make something out of them that no photos get taken, … Continue reading
If only I could lie on the couch forever, with the windows open, listening to people mowing their lawns and smelling fresh-cut grass as npr announces the state of the stock market. That would indeed be nice, the epitome of … Continue reading
Ever since I saw Julie and Julia I wanted to try deboning a chicken. Today, four years later, I got around to actually doing it. Maybe it was the lack of sleep over the past few days (we got back … Continue reading
Korena of Korena in the Kitchen was our May Daring Bakers’ host and she delighted us with this beautiful Swedish Prinsesstårta! When I first saw this challenge I must admit I was a little intimidated. It’s three layers of sponge cake, the … Continue reading
When I was in seventh grade we spent an inordinate amount of time in school on symbols. What symbolizes you? Are you a waterfall? A crane? I remember, I chose an otter. Perhaps that was what I aspired to be … Continue reading
So, by my current estimate, in the last week my family drove about 2,400 miles. Out to Chicago…and back. It was part two of the college trip saga that has taken up these last two school vacations. Last vacation was … Continue reading
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