My sister Leigh turned 27 on Monday, which also happened to be Labor Day. I’m pretty sure her actual birth day was on Labor Day as well, but since I was 4 when she was born, I don’t really remember! What I do remember is knowing deep down that I was going to have a [...]
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The end of the summer means a lot of different things to me. With the first hint of cool weather in the air, and school busses back in the neighborhoods, camp ends and I get a few precious days off before my own school starts. I use those few days to get prepared for the [...]
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I truly cannot believe that it’s been almost 10 weeks of summer already. Camp ends on Friday, and school stuff starts again on Tuesday. It’s been a long and busy summer, as many of you can tell by my general lack of posting! I’ll be back in the kitchen more soon (which my waistline will [...]
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Sometimes time will go by, and my sister and I will realize that we haven’t seen each other in weeks, so we plan a sister date. Sometimes we hang out near my house, and sometimes it’s near hers, but there’s always great conversation and fantastic food involved. Sometimes we go to a fairly nice restaurant [...]
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Sunday would’ve been my dad’s 60th birthday. Instead of planning a surprise party, or fancy dinner, or a trip out to visit him, I spent the day doing things that reminded me of him. I made homemade bagels, and topped them in the best way I knew how: ‘ I always remember going to get [...]
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Last year for Mother’s Day, I made my mom a huge jar of chocolate and vanilla salted caramels. Rumor had it that while my mom loved them, and kept them in the fridge so she could savor one at a time when she wanted to enjoy one, my stepdad David LOVED them. LIke, my mom [...]
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It all happened in a food-induced blur: I volunteered to host the next meeting of the Traveling Pans way back in March. Sure, I could host in June! Sure! Eight people could easily fit in our dining room! And the next thing I knew, we were actually planning the event. One fun thing about hosting [...]
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I like bullet point lists. Since there are a lot of “things” to tell/show you all, I’ll make a bullet point list. Sounds reasonable, yes? I had a lovely day today with my mom. We went and got pedicures, went out for crepes, shopped at a fabulous accessories store, and went to IKEA. Adam and [...]
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A Memorial Day cook-out is usually a first “hurrah”. The first grill-out, the first play day in the pool, the first meal cooked for others that features fresh local produce… I did the produce thing, and I thought about doing the grill thing (ended up just broiling inside)… (the veggie thing, recipe tomorrow!) Mom’s potato [...]
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Special occasions call for special treats. I don’t think anyone would disagree with me on that fact. A double birthday party though, in which a) one person was turning 50, b) his daughter was turning 6, and c) chocolate was requested, requires something decadent, tiny, and very very chocolate. I turned to my newest obsession [...]
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