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I feel a little self-indulgent throwing my own 29th birthday party, but the truth is, I’m just looking for an excuse to dance, dress up and make miniature versions of my favorite foods. I’ve thrown my fair share of parties and think I’m slowly starting to get the planning process down to a science. [...] There’s a very short list of things that Josh will get out of bed for and I count these pancakes as one of them. I purchased a bag of Bob’s Red Mill whole gain pancake mix a week ago knowing that some Sunday morning I could use them as get out of bed bribery. [...] I have a hard time passing up Buy One, Get One Free deals. Even for things that I shouldn’t eat, like Doritos or Lucky Charms. I usually don’t cave, but with potatoes I justified the purchase by telling myself I could make fries! and mashed potatoes! and gratin! I probably shouldn’t buy dirty dozen [...] I love baking and giving away cookies for the holidays! Last year I created gift baskets filled with fruit, nuts and handmade goodies. This year, I’m shipping these mexican hot chocolate cookies out to a few distant friends for a holiday swap. There are so many ways that you can creatively package cookies, but my [...] We’ve been eating out a lot lately making last night’s dinner a welcome change. Squash and zucchini freshly picked Tuesday from the Floyd Eco Village, along with basil for the walnut pesto. It doesn’t get any more delicious than that. Organic tomatoes, hormone-free grilled chicken and lots of garlic and olive oil on everything. Thank you for [...] This is a week late, but as it goes I just uploaded these photos today. The holidays are in threes around here, but I only took pictures of the second one. Cooking had something to do with that. I didn’t realize how much I liked to cook until I moved to Brooklyn. This had [...] |
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