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March (Mojito) Madness

March 19, 2009
March (Mojito) Madness

Apparently March is the month for MADNESS. Prior to, and for a couple of years after moving to Chicago, we were hooked on NCAA basketball. HOOKED. Especially ACC and the Wolfpack. When I was in college, this guy (right) was our head football coach and the other goof (left) was the basketball coach. Following years of being mediocre in basketball, the Wolfpack finally decided to can the guy on left. Guy on right’s career was even shorter, but he did at least have a couple of great seasons, whether it was due solely to Philip Rivers or not. Nonetheless, the Wolfpack fans have moved on. Me, in a way I gave up on them altogether (for the most part, I know – I am a horrible fan). Hubs, well he is utterly and mindnumbingly faithful, so he continued to watch once this guy (below) took over the b-ball team....

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Can I please have another helpin’, Aunt Faye?

February 25, 2009
Can I please have another helpin’, Aunt Faye?

My first blog post…. so much pressure. It wouldn’t be MY blog if I didn’t begin with an ode to my Aunt Faye. Unfortunately, she lives in the middle of nowhere and is quite the old-fashioned lady, so she’ll never even know that she’s on the internet! ha! But anyway, if I had to think back to who really had me loving food it would have to be her. If someone asked you who your greatest cooking influence was, most would say “my mom” or “someone on Food Network” or something like that. Not for me – it all began in a small dome-shaped house in Duplin County, North Carolina. So my Aunt Faye is one of the sweetest, most loveliest people you’d ever meet. And boy can she make a mean Sunday Supper. You see, in the South, the families go to church on Sunday and afterwards they...

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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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