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A San Francisco Treat

May 8, 2012
A San Francisco Treat

A long long time ago, like practically right around the time I started writing this little blog, I posted a recipe about meatballs and a story about music, and how those things tie Chris and I together pretty succinctly. Coincidentally enough, I wrote that post right before we were about to head to California to do a little wine tasting, which is pretty much where we meet in the middle. He usually picks the music, I pick the food, and we both pick the wine. Love it like that. But a weekend or so ago, all we had to do was worry about the wine, which was easy because, well, we have a lot of it. It’s one of those ideas that felt like it should have been something we thought of on our own, but we just aren’t the entrepreneurial type, as it turns out. We are certainly...

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The Gut Buster

April 25, 2012
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 A: three sticks of butter. When does that ever make sense? Well, a lot of times, that’s when. Just ask Joy the Baker, or Bon Appetit magazine, or Paula Deen, or my Aunt Faye. They’ll tell ya the truth about butter. Exhibit B: bourbon and homemade vanilla extract? These make sense practically all the time, and I’m not even joking. They are much less problematic than those sticks o’ butter. Exhibit C: pe-cans? coconut? These are problems, too. I grew up shelling pe-cans, eating ice cream full of pe-cans, pies loaded with them (and not just Thanksgiving day, either), and almost everything sweet is better with pe-cans. Coconut? Well, I even like coconut in my hair, so I think I don’t need to say anything...

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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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