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Daddy Doesn’t Always Know Best

July 24, 2009
Daddy Doesn’t Always Know Best

So many childhood details have slipped my mind over the years. Clearly, I’m not an old bag or anything, but it’s obviously hard to keep all these details inside one tiny little noggin’. I do however, remember a lot – some things are more relevant than others. I remember my sister (she is 12 years older than I) dressing me up in all of her’s or mom’s outfits. I felt like a supermodel wearing “fancy” clothes despite them dragging the floor and in all honesty, making a little 7 year old look rather frumpy. I also remember the swing set out back, amidst all the dog poo, that was adjacent to the Weeping Willow tree. We’d swing on that thing till the sun went down and the fireflies flittered about, or until the meatloaf was ready. One of my favorite memories is about breakfast. My parents were in no...

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Don’t Eggspect Anything Fancy Here

June 14, 2009
Don’t Eggspect Anything Fancy Here

Ever have those days when, as much as you love cooking, you’d instead prefer to prepare something quick, simple, but utterly scrumptious all the same? I have those days too, although you might not believe me. I do. Promise. Particularly in the midst of finishing the 3rd quarter of culinary school, when I’ve just spent three consecutive nights cooking and baking my butt off (well, I wish – instead I seem to be baking more butt on than off…) in an industrial kitchen until 11 pm. Did I mention I work full time? Yeah, can you say t-i-r-e-d by the time Thursday rolls around? You bet. You see, all these fancy recipes you see in this blog, they’re generally made on the weekends. Now, I’ve definitely made things that I’d...

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The Gut Buster

Eating good, healthy food is an admirable goal. It’s a really good goal. Sometimes though, it’s just. so. dang. hard. Ya feel me? Exhibit...

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