Friends, I am miserable. Not only has Seattle been hit by a “monstrous” (well, not by Colorado standards) winter storm that has shut down the entire city (not exaggerating), being on the cleanse makes the entire experience extra rotten because we can’t do the warm cozy stay-inside activities that we typically would. We haven’t baked… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
One of my unofficial New Years resolutions was to stop going to restaurants and bars that I don’t like and start going to all of the new places that have opened in the last year or two. I had to make a list because usually when push comes to shove I can’t *think* of all… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
My enthusiasm for writing about the cleanse has dwindled right along with my enthusiasm FOR the cleanse. It’s so much cooking! There are so many other things I’d rather be eating! Our kitchen is always a mess! I can’t have smoothies or candy or anything I WANT. But overall, save for Saturday night, I’ve been… [Read more…]
January 13, 2012
The other day I asked my friend who recently started seeing someone if he was going to be her Valentine, and she said, “I don’t really think he’s in to Valentine’s Day.” I raised my eyebrows and asked if that meant that he’d really let the day go by without even acknowledging it – and… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
“IT’S ONLY DAY 4!” I wailed to Heather as I walked in the house this evening after being SO GOOD and not eating any of the delicious food that was served in each office at the Tour de Vance open house tonight. I was SO GOOD! I only drank water and I skipped the bites… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
I’m ready to admit that maybe we’re just BAD at breakfast. This morning Heather got up early to caramelize onions for our two-egg caramelized onion omelet and I woke up to their delicious smell around 6:30am and then fell back asleep. Around 7am, I re-awoke to the smell of burning onions and Heather cursing whatever was happening in the… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
I think I should make it clear (or more clear) that this cleanse isn’t really about CLEANSING. It’s not like a juice fast or something that involves a supplement. It’s for people who like to cook and who want to phase out of all the dairy and carbohydrates that accompany the holidays. It’s also about… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
I’ll be honest with you: after breakfast this morning, I was worried about how this was going to go. Breakfast was some kind of hot cereal with walnuts and blueberries, which are totally not in season and made for the occasional sour mouthful. Heather put it all together and each step seemed to be accompanied… [Read more…]
January 8, 2012
So I’m back in Seattle and gearing up to start Bon Appetit’s 2012 Food Lover’s Cleanse. This is not a cleanse in any traditional sense – there will be no fasting, no juices, no consuming an absurd amount of flax seed. It’s simply a two-week plan to cook food that is good for you and… [Read more…]
January 2, 2012
I make and break my New Year’s resolutions within weeks, if not within minutes. I have already resolved and failed to drink more water – a relatively simple thing to improve upon since I so rarely drink water at all. So perhaps if I call them something else I will be more successful in achieving… [Read more…]
January 2, 2012
Here are few final shots of December, as seen through my phone.
December 30, 2011
My mom had been eyeing the cake pop makers at Target throughout the holiday season, and by the time she decided that we absolutely had to have one, they were sold out. They were back on the shelves for the after-Christmas sales, so we picked up a Bella Cake Pop and Donut Hole Maker for… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
Look at all the lovely holiday presents I’ve gotten in the last few days! I have such great friends and am such a lucky girl. I’d also like to commend everyone for sending out very timely holiday cards! I’ve gotten so many! I was gifted a whole set of awesome products from Chef’n, including a… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
I was kind of surprised that searching “Elizmas” on my blog yields very few results given that it’s the second best holiday of the year. Elizmas is Elizabeth’s birthday and since she loves Christmas so much, we’ve made it into a perfect mash-up. We use Elizmas to take advantage of all of the holiday activities… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
This weekend was the Coinstar, Inc and Childhaven ”Season of Sharing” event at Central Cinema, a great local theater in the Central district of Seattle. We invited the families of Childhaven to attend for an afternoon of holiday cartoons and music videos, BINGO, pizza, popcorn and candy. I ran around town (Seattle AND Tacoma) like crazy… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook This cookbook is chock-full of gorgeous images and amazing, delightful and delicious recipes for the very best baked goods. Now, I must admit- I haven’t made anything from it (except for crack pie) but that is because I don’t have a stand-alone mixer and even the author said that these are… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Here’s a few photos of life in Seattle this December. It’s actually been a rather lovely holiday season, thanks in large part to the fact that I’ve been forced to get in the holiday spirit because of an event I’ve been organizing (photos from that are up next). After gorging on the roast pork at… [Read more…]
December 8, 2011
I spent all of last Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights covered in flour and overly hot thanks to our ambitious plan to bake 5 different kinds of holiday cookies and fudge. Not only did we endeavor to make six kinds of baked goods, but we also doubled each recipe – resulting in hundreds of cookies… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
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