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Chocolate Coconut Almond Scones

October 10, 2011

14 of the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 thoughts going through my brainscape: –  I’m 30.  I can’t shop at Forever 21.  First of all, I’m a Large…. and the shorts are still waay too tiny.  Secondly, I look much better in Anthropologie clothes. –  I’m worth it. –  Yea.  So I just stress-ate a bag of potato chips. [...]

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Homemade Pistachio Pudding

April 18, 2011
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Spicy Roasted Pumpkin and Sunflower Seeds

October 1, 2010

I think people expect me to have, um… food… for them when they drop by my house.  Weird. Don’t they know I eat popcorn for dinner? I’m learning. I’m learning that I need to have at least a few staple items on hand for unexpected house guests:  a jar of these spiced nuts, a cold [...]

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Honey and Beer Spice Cake

July 16, 2010

I want a hamburger. with cheese and pickles and too much ketchup. And chocolate milk. This is not that… but this is still good.

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Rocky Road Brownies

June 22, 2010

So… you know that part in Scent of a Woman… yes, hello, 1992…. when blind Al Pacino sniffs out pretty ladies… literally… and somehow worms his way into their good graces?  Have you seen Scent of a Woman staring Al Pacino and Chris O’Donnell?  Of course you have. If blind Al Pacino were to sniff [...]

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Maple Pecan Muffins

October 22, 2009

Today’s Maple Pecan Muffins are dedicated to Tracey. Tracey, you are dear and darling… and 15, which is equal parts hard and rad, I know. Let me tell you a little about Tracey.  Tracey had her 15th birthday last week.  Tracey’s best friend Maggie sent me a pretty precious email asking me if I would [...]

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Sweet and Spicy Almonds

May 1, 2009

Here’s a fun thing to do!  Take a few minutes to close your eyes and imagine yourself as an old person.  I’m not talking about late sixties.  That’s not old yet.  I’m talking about great great grandmother old.. pushing the mid-nineties. Sounds crazy?  Why would you spend time picturing white hair in bobby pins, shuffling [...]

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How To Make Homemade Peanut Butter

February 16, 2009

Some things in the world are just too too easy.  Peanut butter is one of those things. I suppose those easy things work to compliment the tasks in life that are far too complicated for their own good.  These complicated tasks include, but are not limited to, matching your socks fresh out of the dryer, [...]

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Almond Banana Bread

December 1, 2008

I remember when I was a kid, I used to entice my little sister into the kitchen to cook with me. That sounds sweet and cozy, right? Well… I had slightly more selfish intentions. I had plans for my sister once we hit the kitchen: I would do all the fun stuff like measuring out [...]

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Chocolate Brownie Cookies

June 26, 2008

I have birds. Living in Los Angeles is like living in a jungle.  Instead of dense tropical trees and dangerous pumas, Los Angeles has obnoxious cars and… actors.  There is very little visible animal life besides dogs on leashes, squirrels rummaging through the trash bins and pigeons just walking around being pretty gross. But I [...]

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Old School Fudge Brownies with walnuts

April 21, 2008

There are countless reason why I love making brownies.  All they require is a bowl and wooden spoon.  They’re moist and satisfy that deep chocolate craving.  But more sentimentally, brownies are one of the first things I remember making with my sister growing up.  We’d take out one bowl, one pan, follow the directions on [...]

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Granola Bar Experiment Turned Ooey Gooey Breakfast Cereal

March 24, 2008

It all started out so beautiful and promising- with diced dried fruit, wholesome nuts and old-fashioned oats. I was my day away from the bakery, and I thought I’d use my kitchen to experiment with homemade granola bars. I seem to have trouble eating normally, standing on my feet all day, working in front of [...]

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Honey Pistachio Biscotti

March 9, 2008

With these Honey Pistachio Biscotti, I would like a do-over.  Please and thank you.  You know what a do-over is: another chance, a big pink eraser for life, apple Z on a Mac.  See, this biscotti recipe called for dried cranberries to accompany the pistachios.  Cranberries would have been lovely, right?  Well I was completely [...]

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