So our vacation was nice. Different than I had expected (probably because it rained a good deal), but still very nice. First of all, we survived. Which is saying something considering that past family vacations have included driving through a blizzard, being locked out of our condo and having to stay in a hotel for…
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There are a lot of things that I love about having this food blog. I love that it forces me to be constantly finding new recipes. I love the way that it makes me try new things, dishes and desserts and breakfasts that I might not otherwise feel tempted to attempt. I love the it…
So, sorry about that whole only one post last week thing. We were a bit distracted by exciting things like Gerrit’s brother getting engaged. And also, this guy that we just brought home. Also, Gerrit’s birthday is coming up, so this past weekend I decided to make him some pre-birthday week cookies. Which really was…
When I was a freshman in college I took a class on social justice, particularly with regards to Atlanta. It was a class with all kinds of field trips to homeless shelters and organizations like Amnesty International. It was also a class with a lot paper writing and reading. But our reading was actually pretty…
When I was a kid my mother and her friends used to have cookie swaps every Christmas. Everyone would make like 10 dozen cookies and then she would come home with 10 dozen different kinds of cookies from other people. And I’m sure there were a lot of great ones, but really there were two…