Where’d we leave off? Oh right, Diana and I had eaten the meal of our lives at Chez Panisse, taken a cab there and back, and gotten to bed decidedly too late. Like, way too late. As in 12:30 a.m. California time which was 2:30 a.m. Chicago time, which is where my brain was. A [...]
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First of all, I’m overwhelmed by the response to my request for donations to the 5K I’m walking in a few weeks! The donation page is going to be up until April 30, so please stop by if you can even spare a dollar! I got a few inquiries about the blogger “flea market” I’ll [...]
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Spring is, quite possibly, my favorite time of year. Besides the longer days, warmer weather, and everyone’s general better mood, the produce is just fantastic. After months and months of potatoes, hard squashes, root vegetables, and other things that grow underground, Spring brings about things that are green. Not just green, but that delicious bright [...]
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A mere month ago, I was saying that I wasn’t going to enter “that Project Food Blog thing” because I didn’t think I’d get very far. Amazingly, here I am, halfway through, with FIVE challenges under my (ever-increasing) belt. Thank you all for your incredible support, links, tweets, and votes! This challenge, to “create a [...]
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Every summer for as long as I’ve worked at camp, we’ve gone to Green Meadows Farm for a day on a real working farm. Last year, it was the first week of camp, it was a bit chilly, and most photos have me in my sweatshirt. This year was a different story. I’ll let the [...]
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In case you haven’t noticed in the dozens of post I’ve done on the matter, I get food nostalgia. I have so many memories of specific dishes, recipes, smells, that remind me of different times in my life. This is an odd one though. There are few foods that I remember loving as much as [...]
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Sometimes, I go to the grocery store with the best intentions. “Yeah, I’m going to pick out some stuff that looks great, and cook dinner tonight” even though it was eleventy thousand degrees today, and I’m exhausted. Sometimes I think I’m going to pick up some shortcuts, but still really cook a meal myself. You [...]
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Remember me?? I used to be this food and cooking blogger that wrote every day… yeah, pretty much, this summer is kicking my butt! I’ve been busy and beyond exhausted, but hopefully things will calm down soon. So, by popular demand… 224: Campers in attendance 10: Campers in my group 2: Campers that put clothing [...]
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Today was a rarity in my book. Usually, every summer, I get ONE day off during the summer between the end of school and the next school year. This year, due to various issues, I’ll be getting MANY days off this summer, and today was the first of those. I spent the morning sleeping in [...]
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Hey all! I’ve officially survived the first day of camp… there were no meltdowns, no accidents, lots of bowling, and a lot of fun. I know you’ve been waiting since last August for another one of these, so here goes… Today’s CAMPER QUOTE OF THE DAY! Two 5 year old girls walk in this morning, [...]
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