birthday

Super-Duper Triple Chocolate Layer Cake

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 20, 2013

in Baking, friends

As I write this, I’m glued to the live blogs and twitter feeds of the happenings in the Boston area, truly thankful for the brave men and women who searched tirelessly for the suspects in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings. My thoughts have been sent back east all week, occupying much of my school day, [...]

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Deep Dish Cherry Crumb Pie

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 10, 2013

in Baking

The very first time we celebrated a birthday here on the blog, it was Adam’s 31st way back in 2009. You can view the horrendous photographs on that post, but I won’t subject you to them here and now. All the sentiments are the same, and I remain truly grateful that Adam was born 35 [...]

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Buttermilk Drop Biscuits & Sausage Gravy

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 8, 2013

in Baking, family, simple recipe, Uncategorized

There is one thing that Adam requests for me to make for his birthday breakfast year after year. Biscuits and gravy. Growing up in the north suburbs of Chicago, I can count on one hand, ok two fingers, the number of times I had tasted biscuits and gravy before meeting Adam. He’s quite a connoisseur [...]

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{Photo Shoot} Cooper’s Very Hungry First Birthday Party

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 10, 2013

in friends, Photo Gigs, photography

Back in January, my friend Amy asked me if she could book me to photograph her son’s first birthday party the first weekend in March. In January, March seems so far off. Before I knew it though, a few snow falls later, it was time to celebrate Cooper’s first birthday! Amy went all-out with a [...]

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Moderno: Beautifully Simple Italian

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on September 9, 2012

in bread, dinner out, pizza, pork

I get a little excited around birthdays. You all know this about me, right? I tend to go a little crazy, a little overboard, and am genuinely happy to celebrate with family or friends. Family birthdays are particularly fun because usually, they not only involve an evening with my family, but truly amazing food! My [...]

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