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Vegan Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 6, 2011

Two things are unacceptable:  I keep forgetting to buy butter, and there’s a spider on my ceiling that my cat can’t reach. Two solutions have presented themselves:  Make vegan cookies, and construct some sort of winged apparatus to send my cat into flight, thus into spider hunting range. So far, I’ve got the cookies.  The [...]

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Lemon Meringue Cookies

March 30, 2011

If the dream fairies are taking requests, tonight I’d like my dreams to include: the bright green grass of a perfectly manicured baseball field. first kisses. lemonade so cold and tart it almost hurts my teeth. … maybe a waterfall… that might be nice. … the sound of my aunt dede humming to herself?…. that [...]

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Lucy and Ethel

June 6, 2009

Hi.  Hello.  Hey! I hope your weekend is going swimmingly. I just wanted to take a moment and introduce you to my tomatoes, Lucy and Ethel. I’d also like to answer a few questions. Yes, I’ve named my first two tomatoes after Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz from I Love Lucy. Yes, I love that [...]

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One Pot Spring Garden

April 19, 2009

There are a few reasons why you should read this post. 1.  I’m no gardener, but with a team of friends and experts, I might have just created a successful one pot garden… you can too! 2.  While this post may not be filled with butter and sugar, it is still a nice distraction from [...]

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Spring Easter Meringues

April 5, 2009

Dear Spring, You’re a great season.  In fact, you’re my favorite season of all.  Something about the orange blossoms dotting my neighborhood, and the barely warm evening sun just makes me want to squeeze you with gratitude. Great job with all the tulips.  Excellent work with all the sweet peas.  Don’t even get me started [...]

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Strawberry Buttermilk Ice Cream

March 19, 2008

I’ll be the first to admit that I have gotten prematurely excited about strawberry season.  I’ve already played with strawberry sugar paper, and here I am with strawberry ice cream.  It’s not even April! Strawberries aren’t at their peak flavor yet, but I see baskets of them in every market I visit.  I just can’t help myself, [...]

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Hello, Spring. Hello, Figs!

March 14, 2008

Spring has sprung and figs are growing! Their season is still a few months away, but I had to get a picture of these budding beauties in my friend’s backyard. It’s possible that you may not understand my deep affection for figs. They are my favorite food, without hesitation. Figs are divine. Cosmic. They can [...]

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