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I Miss My Ex…

February 9, 2010
I Miss My Ex…

… boyfriend’s gramma’s red velvet cake. I truly do. Why is it that almost every gramma is notorious for producing only the absolute best cake that you ever put into your mouth? My own gramma (not the s’mores one, the other one) used to make those pound cakes that put all the other pound cakes to shame. She barely measured the ingredients, as she’d made that same cake practically every Sunday for at least the first 20 years of my life. And even though she now can’t remember what she ate for breakfast, if she ate breakfast, or even who I am on most occasions, I swear to you – if she were strong enough to stand and mix it – she could probably whip up one of them right now, at 94.5 years of age, and the taste of it would have you all begging for mercy. She can even...

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Marmalade & The Rainbow

March 10, 2009
Marmalade & The Rainbow

If you know anything about Scottish pop, you may have heard of a band called Marmalade. They’ve been compared to the Beatles (?), but mistakenly covered a pretty popular Beatles song back in the day, which turned out to be their biggest “hit”. Hence the reason they never became too popular. They do have a handful of good songs though – “Reflections of My Life”, “Carolina on My Mind” (which I’m quite sure was a James Taylor original and thus another cover song), and a little diddy called “Rainbow”. Though you may have initially thought so, this post is NOT about that band OR that song. Sorry Scottish pop lovers. But here’s a picture of them just in case you really are beat up about it:   Sexy eh?   What this post is about is marmalade and a little about rainbows. After my Sunday adventure making soup, I...

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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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