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happy 4th!

Posted in cooking+entertaining, daily happenings on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Happy 4th of July! Here’s to all the men and women who are fighting for independence around the world.
Last year J and I attended a pool party thrown by some members of our synagogue. It was there that we met some of our good friends. I was invited again this year [...]

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corned beef and cabbage cupcakes

Posted in cooking+entertaining, tagged on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Corned Beef and Cabbage Cupcakes

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No green Bud Light or Corned Beef and Cabbage Cupcakes (eww) for us this year. In fact, St. Patrick’s Day would have gone unnoticed if J hadn’t prepared the traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage for dinner tonight. He didn’t go into work today and [...]

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i can cook: skirt steak with chili-roasted potatoes

Posted in cooking+entertaining on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Following a very easy recipe from the March issue of Real Simple, I prepared dinner last night for the two of us. Instead of buying skirt steak I used a flank steak we already had in our freezer, and J found a bag of Yukon gold/new potato hybrids, so I didn’t have to decide [...]

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i heart the giants

Posted in cooking+entertaining on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

J and I hosted a Superbowl Shindig tonight, and everybody who was invited had to promise to cheer on the Giants. Ok, not really, but they did.
Superbowl Sunday coincided with my future mother-in-law’s visit to the big O, and I had her help in the kitchen this afternoon while I made Chili con Carne [...]

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i can cook: more banana bread

Posted in cooking+entertaining on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Following a new recipe I made this Banana Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake.
It looked just like the photo in the cookbook!
Unfortunately, the toothpick test failed me again; it wasn’t fully cooked inside.

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i can cook: banana bread

Posted in cooking+entertaining, tagged on November 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Last week I made banana bread from a recipe J found on the web. It said I’d need two loaf pans – I only needed one. It also said it could take up to 1 hour to bake. When I checked the oven after 50 minutes, my bread was already [...]

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photo recap

Posted in cooking+entertaining, daily happenings on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Here are some photos of the mundane taken over the past couple of weeks. This is my life in O.
Homemade muffins for breakfast (ok, I used a mixed).

We’ve only gotten two flowers from the gardenia my parents gave us as a housewarming present, which we named Bernice. Sadly, I think she’s going to die [...]

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