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Real Life

November 9, 2011
Real Life

I’m going to tell you a little about how things go down around these parts when the weekend rolls in. Don’t get too excited – it isn’t nearly as fascinating as I’m suggesting it is. But that doesn’t stop me from talking about it, so here goes. We generally kick things off as soon as we get home on Friday. Chris has the luxury of getting to sneak out early which means we get home around the same time as one another. Whoever gets home first picks out a bottle of wine, opens it up, and gets to relaxing. Sometimes that also means I’m cooking something that signals it’s weekend time, which typically involves pasta. I’m not sure why, but pasta dishes always seem appropriate on Fridays. Last Friday was no different. While eating said dinner and wine-ing, we proceed to catch up on a couple of tv shows...

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Scrooge-like

October 30, 2011
Scrooge-like

It’s safe to say that I typically do not post recipes here in time for the holiday at hand. Thanksgiving is full of good food around here, and I never seem to make any pre-turkey day trial dishes; I’m a big fan of winging it with new things, and it’s safe to say that most things Thanksgiving are tried and true repeats from our families, and our friends’ families. As for Halloween, I suppose you could say that I’m whatever the equivalent to Scrooge is for this season – and it’s not that I wouldn’t fancy a grown up costume party or a creative Halloween jack-o-lantern if I really thought far enough in advance. But I don’t, and so the weeks slowly roll by and by the time I can say “expelliarmus“, the holiday has come and I am costume-less, decoration-less, and for those rug rats trampling up to...

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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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