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Tips for hosting a Friendsgiving Dinner
Of all of the holidays to spring up in the past few years, Friendsgiving might be the best. Friends are like chosen family—and it’s nice to have the opportunity to express thanks for them, too. I...
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Election Night Results Viewing Party
Despite the New York Times professing it to be the “worst party of the year,” and The Wall Street Journal offering a sarcastic “Good luck with that,” we’re getting together with friends tonight to...
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In Season: Plum Tart with Almond Streusel
by Grace Poser of An Earthy Feast Back in grade school my sister and I would spend entire summers with my grandmother in Germany. We have many fond memories of that time, but the highlights were...
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Caipirinhas (& Friday Links)
The Olympics are starting! Loving the idea of muddling up some cachaça tonight and trying one of these three recipes for Brazil’s national cocktail, the caipirinha. I showed some favorite Olympic...
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Tips for hosting a Friendsgiving Dinner
Of all of the holidays to spring up in the past few years, Friendsgiving might be the best. Friends are like chosen family—and it’s nice to have the opportunity to express thanks for them, too. I...
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Election Night Results Viewing Party
Despite the New York Times professing it to be the “worst party of the year,” and The Wall Street Journal offering a sarcastic “Good luck with that,” we’re getting together with friends tonight to...
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In Season: Whole-Wheat Ginger Cardamom Sticky Buns with Beet Glaze
After sharing the cardamom buns we fell in love with in Sweden, Eva—of From Scratch Stat shared with me her own unique take on sticky buns—using whole-wheat, ginger, lemon, and a beautiful beet-glaze....
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Thanksgiving Prep-guide (& Black Friday links)
If you’re celebrating Thursday, I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday! We’ll be in Lake Tahoe this year—not cooking for the first time in a long while! If you are hosting this year, I’ve...
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Snacking on Mushrooms & Thyme
If you’re like me, you rediscover the fragrance of thyme around Thanksgiving and then spend the next few months looking for ways to incorporate the herb into every meal (at least until mint and basil...
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Crowd-sourcing: Best Smoothie Recipes
Like many others (I gather), come every new year, I make an effort to start some healthier habits. Meal planning and exercise always tend to top my list, though usually in all-too-vague and vast...
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Here we go (& Friday Links)
Aron and I are headed off for a kid-free weekend in Las Vegas and I can’t wait! Is it wrong that I’m especially excited for Shake Shack?! The kids have the next two Mondays off from school, so we...
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Birthday cake traditions: homemade or store-bought?
For the first few years of our son’s life, Aron was a real stickler about birthday cakes. They had to be homemade. A homemade cake was one of the ways his family made birthdays special, showed their...
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Easter Sunday (& Friday Links)
Do you celebrate Easter? We dyed eggs last week and the kids are looking forward to hunting for the filled-plastic variety with friends on Sunday, when we’ll have a potluck brunch. As for me, I’ve...
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Breakfast Around the World
by Sarah Ann Noel Americans, I think, eat breakfast with more an air of importance than any other meal. Of course, a lunch break gets you through the day; and dinner can be fancy. But oh, breakfast....
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Tips for hosting a Friendsgiving Dinner
Of all of the holidays to spring up in the past few years, Friendsgiving might be the best. Friends are like chosen family—and it’s nice to have the opportunity to express thanks for them, too. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Election Night Results Viewing Party
Despite the New York Times professing it to be the “worst party of the year,” and The Wall Street Journal offering a sarcastic “Good luck with that,” we’re getting together with friends tonight to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Season: Whole-Wheat Ginger Cardamom Sticky Buns with Beet Glaze
After sharing the cardamom buns we fell in love with in Sweden, Eva—of From Scratch Stat shared with me her own unique take on sticky buns—using whole-wheat, ginger, lemon, and a beautiful beet-glaze....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanksgiving Prep-guide (& Black Friday links)
If you’re celebrating Thursday, I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday! We’ll be in Lake Tahoe this year—not cooking for the first time in a long while! If you are hosting this year, I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snacking on Mushrooms & Thyme
If you’re like me, you rediscover the fragrance of thyme around Thanksgiving and then spend the next few months looking for ways to incorporate the herb into every meal (at least until mint and basil...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crowd-sourcing: Best Smoothie Recipes
Like many others (I gather), come every new year, I make an effort to start some healthier habits. Meal planning and exercise always tend to top my list, though usually in all-too-vague and vast...
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