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…]
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…]
December 7, 2011
Welcome to part 2 of my gift guide! A mixture of a few items I already own and can’t live without, plus a few things I covet and pray that someone will gift me. This edition goes from most expensive to least. Sort of. Clarisonic Face Brush I scored my Clarisonic Face Brush at the… [Read more…]
December 1, 2011
‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la. It’s also the season for gift guides, and since I spend so much of my free time on Pinterest, I’ve found plenty of things that I would love to give my family and friends. Here are my suggestions of what… [Read more…]
November 27, 2011
Faced with an entire refrigerator full of leftovers, I set about transforming them into new meals throughout the rest of the weekend. I removed the meat from three Cornish Game Hen halves and chopped it up and made it into miniature chicken pot pies that I am so obsessed with this fall. I threw the hen’s carcasses… [Read more…]
November 25, 2011
Two vegetarians, one vegan and five omnivores gathered to eat one hell of a Thanksgiving dinner at my apartment last night. You’ve already read about the menu, but here are a few photos of the feast. For dessert, we had apple pie, cherry pie and German Chocolate pie – oh my! I made this menu… [Read more…]
November 22, 2011
This year, I’m hosting Thanksgiving by myself. Sure, my guests are responsible for bringing dishes to round out the menu, but to be completely honest, sometimes I don’t like eating other people’s food. That’s why Heather and I took on the entire spread last year, and probably why I started out making only 3 dishes… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
Friends, meet Oz. She’s my new kitty. Yup, you read that right: my new kitty! I have been entertaining the thought of getting an animal for over a year, but was hesitant because ultimately the animal will die in 10-20 years and I will be devastated. I realize that it’s preposterous to being thinking that… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
My nail polish collection could use a serious refresh. Any of these colors would be welcome additions:
January 11, 2012
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