Books

Larousse Gastronomique

June 7, 2012

While at my parents house for dinner on Sunday, I ran across an older edition (1961) of Larousse Gastronomique in the study. My mom has no idea where she got it or how long she’s even had it, but was kind enough to lend it to me after noticing my wide-eyed stare and fan kid [...]

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Our Summer Reading List

May 25, 2011

I have been looking forward to summer for no other reason than reading something, anything, that has nothing to do with work or school. I’m embarrassed to say that the last time I was able to get through a book was Christmas. It’s shameful, but impossible to avoid it seems. I feel like there is [...]

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Maya Angelou

April 18, 2011

I was fortunate enough to get awesome seats for Anja, her mother Donna and I to see Maya Angelou last week. We were in the fourth row! At 83 years young, she can still silence an audience with her incredible prose and stories. Everyone was in complete awe. I still remember the first time I [...]

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Meeting Ree Drummond – Pioneer Woman Book Signing (St. Louis Edition)

March 2, 2011

I’ve been squealing online for weeks about the Pioneer Woman book signing that happened in St. Louis over the weekend. I’m not a crazed PW fan or anything, but when your freelance and grad school ambitions keep you from getting out much (read: keep you from getting out at all), you tend to get excited [...]

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Ever Take a Cooking Hiatus?

February 17, 2011

Ever go on a cooking hiatus? We’ve been on a bit of an unexpected one this week. I’ve had yearly planning meetings at work, and what I thought would be the perfect amount of food (you know, based on those standard FDA portion sizes) ended up being wishful thinking. The portion sizes were HUGE, leaving [...]

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Weekend Recap: Hampered by the “Blegh” and the “Creeping Crud”

January 18, 2011

Good crud-time reading this weekend. I’m just getting around to this one… Neil and I have words for everything. We’re geeky gamers, and par for course we also work in IT, never see sunlight, and have little exposure to people and their germs—short of going to the gym and out to dinner once a week. [...]

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Kitchen Cookbook Staple: Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Beans, and Other Good Things…

August 25, 2010

Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Beans and Other Good Things is definitely not applicable to my garden this year but it would have really come in handy last year when I was covered in tomatoes and grew tired of canning and eating fresh tomato sauce. I know, the absurdity of such thoughts in light of how [...]