I wish I could post the recipe for this banana pudding I just made. Seriously, it’s slap-your-grandma good. Which is a weird phrase because, really, what could make you so happy that you’d want to act violently toward your grandmother? But there it is. Creamy, sweet but still light, and very, very tasty. However, this [...]
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Getting my mojo back
February 21st, 2010
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I hacked the holy shit out of my thumb a month ago with a mandolin. To help me regain my kitchen confidence, and I am sure hoping it would help him get laid, my husband bought me a KitchenAid Artisan 5 quart stand mixer for Valentine’s Day. I swooned. Of course, I had to try [...]
And we will eat a tree
December 23rd, 2009
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I haven’t blogged this week because I’ve been so freakin’ busy at work doing the stuff they pay me to do that I haven’t had time to think. And yet Tuesday I came home and made the most complicated, most likely to be a disaster cake I’ve ever baked because I lack the common sense [...]
One of many reasons my ass deserves its own area code
December 13th, 2009
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I promise that once the holidays are over, me and several million other of my closest fattie friends are going to pretend we are all the biggest losers and get all religious about nutrition and excerise. That is then. This is now. And my hubby (from here on known as Hoylier, cause it’s an old [...]
November 1st, 2009
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Last week I signed on to do the national novel writing thingy. Who the hell was I kidding? I am so stressed out my head has been pounding for weeks, I just recovered from the baconic plague and I am so far behind at work I might as well just light my inbox on fire [...]
The treat that tricks me, haunts me
October 31st, 2009
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Today is Halloween and for me, this is the beginning of the holiday season. After we nom on all the candy today, then I have three weeks to prepare for the very best holiday of all holidays on the calendar: Thanksgiving. I love food, both cooking it and eating it. I love football. I love [...]
Good news, bad news
October 2nd, 2009
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The good news? I somehow, magically, lost five pounds since I started this blog. This proves that blogging *should be* part of a healthy lifestyle. I will be applying for a grant to do further research into this theory. The bad news? Came to work, had to bust my sizable ass to meet a deadline, [...]
September 25th, 2009
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Last breakfast in Oregon. Chocolate hazelnut scone and yum-ilcious coffee. And the company of my sexy-licious hubby. Bliss. Today we go to visit a waterfall. Photos later.
The last meal
September 24th, 2009
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We went out for dinner last night to celebrate my gorgeous hubby’s birthday. On the recommendation of the hotel’s concierge, we had reservations at Newman’s, a French-Italian bistro in a tiny yellow cottage on Hemlock, the main drag of Cannon Beach. In my mind this was the last indulgent meal I planned to have before [...]
The one where I blog about chocolate cannoli
September 24th, 2009
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We walked around the kitschy little shops near our hotel today and wandered into the Cannon Beach Bakery. We had the best iced vanilla latte I’ve ever tasted. Sorry, Starbucks, I was unfaithful and I liked it. And we split this chocolate cannoli. This little treasure rocked my world so hard I almost screamed “Tsunami!” [...]
