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July 4th and Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwiches

July 4th and Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwiches

The flash burned a ghostly image onto my retina, and the gray fingers clawed into the edges of my brain. I blinked and blinked again. After a few minutes I could see, but the negative was in there real good. It was a few hours before I stopped seeing the explosion when I closed my eyes.


Shrimp Cakes

Shrimp Cakes

This time of the year when the garden's sending out battalions of lettuces to assault our plates, I'm frequently in search of a strategic ally to combat boredom. We pair salad and a great vinaigrette with everything, and that usually makes up the bulk of our meals. It's the everything that provides the decadence, the newness, and often, the protein in our summer diets.


Fish Loaf

Fish Loaf

Each year for Thanksgiving, Todd's family likes to do an out-of-the-ordinary dinner. This tradition's been going on for years, and each year there's always a new dish with an interesting twist. Last year, for example, Todd's mom had hit a deer on election night and not wanting to waste it, her son-in-law came out to the scene of the accident, field-dressed it (it's legal in their state), and we had it for Thanksgiving.


Epic Failures: Fall 2009

Epic Failures: Fall 2009

People tell me all the time about how intimidated they are to bake or cook for me because everything on my blog looks so good (said with emphasis). I always have to explain that I have my handy digital camera, and even though I'm not a very good photographer, I can take 20 pictures of something and I'm likely to come out with at least one pretty nice picture. That doesn't mean that I don't make a mess, and certainly I have my fair share of failures in the kitchen.


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