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orange

Spinach Feta Blood Orange Salad

January 2, 2012

My grandmother used to have a house dress, house hair, and house shoes. She made no apologies for boiling her fresh vegetables half way to kingdom come. She sat with her Bible at every spare moment. I… well, I have a house sweater. It’s big and grey with floppy sleeves and giant buttons. It’s just [...]

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Let’s Make Orange Pomanders!

December 8, 2011

I can cook. I mean… I can really cook. I can walk around in a pair of heels without looking like a weirdo…. and I know how to apply lip liner if the occasion requires. I am not, however, a domestic goddess. Not at all. Nope. I’m not one of those ladies who has Christmas [...]

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Bourbon Orange Coriander Barbecue Sauce

June 30, 2011

This is one of the most satisfying things I’ve made in a long time. It’s sauce. It’s just sauce. I know. But would you look at it. Rich, burgundy colored, speckled with coarse black pepper and onion bits! Shut. It. Up. Where’s the chicken. Tell me you brought the chicken. We’re making this sweet barbecue [...]

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Avocado Orange Salad

June 5, 2011

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had for dinner? Tonight I had: Mung beans tossed in butter, salt, and pepper. Mung beans. Yea… not ideal. Frozen corn, made unfrozen in boiling water… tossed with butter, salt, and pepper. A flour tortilla… while standing over my desk, looking glossy-eyed at my massive to-do list. A sprig of [...]

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Sweet Tea Bourbon Cocktails

May 6, 2011

I’d smile at rum. Coy… but not really coy. I’d say hello to vodka. I’d wave, and smile with teeth. I’d totally make out with gin… tonic and lime everywhere. But bourbon. I’d marry bourbon… as long as bourbon understands that I often stay up until 3 am writing silly blog posts, with a scarf [...]

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Orange and Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Scones

January 16, 2011

This is one of my favorite ways to count to five. It has chocolate. So.. yea.

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Pavlovas with Cranberry Orange Rosemary Sauce

December 23, 2010

Let’s add sweetened egg whites and cranberry sauce to the list of things my cat eats. No… it’s not like I scooped a healthy portion of meringue into his bowl. He prefers much more crafty measures… like jumping on the counter while I’m busy with my camera. The only reason I know he’s such a [...]

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Super Citrus Smoothie

January 30, 2010

Let’s just close out eyes and pretend we’re sitting under an orange tree. An orange tree heavy with fruit… but with the occasional late blooming blossom. There are honey bees too. Just a few. The friendly kind. The kind of honeybees that remind you that life is full of creatures big and small… and we [...]

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Dutch Baby with Orange Sugar

April 8, 2009

Things that are awesome and things that are not awesome; an incomplete list. Things that are awesome: Summer dresses that look great with summer ponytails. Bathing suits + Palm Springs + Rented Summer House + Sun Screen + Giant Sun Glasses + Mojitos x Infinity = Awesome. Big, fat bumble bees… come on, they’re precious. [...]

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Cranberry Orange Almond Oatmeal

April 16, 2008

I’m a huge breakfast fanatic. I usually go for something hearty, healthy and full of surprise goodies. That’s not to say that I don’t sometimes reach for a donut and some coffee, but this go around I opted for old-fashioned oatmeal with the gorgeous flavors of cranberry, orange and almond. I threw in a bit [...]

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Chocolate Orange Bundt Cake

April 14, 2008

Chocolate and orange are like a dream to me. Although my dream last night had nothing to do with chocolate and orange, and everything to do with watching some bizarre alley cat trying to eat giant hissing grasshoppers, or something. I woke up wanting a thick slice of this cake for breakfast. You know, to [...]

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Cake Mix Couture?

February 20, 2008

I think I’m supposed to hate cake mix. I think, once you get a chef’s coat, you are supposed to turn you nose up at all things packaged, pre-mixed, and all around too good to be true. Well the truth is, I don’t hate cake mix, or at least I don’t hate it as much [...]

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Whole Orange Bundt Cake with Poppy Seed Madness

January 26, 2008

This is one of the recipes in my collection that invariably makes me raise one eyebrow in suspicion. It’s a Bundt cake that’s is not only flavored by orange juice, it’s flavored by the whole darn orange- pulp, pith and peel. I’ve made this cake twice now. It not exactly the effortless Bundt cake you [...]

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