Category: In the Kitchen
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Spaghetti al Limone
There are moments when I think I’d like to be shaped like a supermodel. But then I step into a kitchen, any kitchen, and suddenly the thought of being plump is much more enticing. Pasta dishes have become an increasing obsession for me these days. I blame PBS. As Regan and I were watching television…
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Devil’s Food Cupcakes
Heading into Monday I decided some cupcakes for my co-workers were in order. This weekend the rest of my co-workers wrapped up the leadership retreat that I attended at the beginning of the year. Perhaps each of them had a remarkable experience, but just in case their experiences felt anything like mine, they are going…
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We Celebrate with Cake
We have a lot to celebrate. Jack’s fourth birthday is today. Regan wrapped up his last day of work with his former employer on Friday and started a brand new gig today. It was forty degrees out this weekend and our grey and icy world finally began to thaw. Plus it’s Valentine’s Day. While we…
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Toaster Oven Magic
In the midst of our Sunday baking yesterday I turned to fill the preheated oven with a pan full of little breakfast kolaches. Sitting in their glass pan perfectly rounded and puffed beautifully, I was so eager to smell the scent of baking dough fill our house. Sadly, when I opened the oven door no…
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New Year
I’m not really one for resolutions, but I do love new beginnings. Whether the beginning of the day, the workweek, the weekend or the beginning of the year, I find myself making lists and preparing for what is ahead. This weekend I found myself not only preparing to head back to work after a two-week…
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Macarons
Upon the suggestion of my good friends Patti and Maryann, I decided to give macarons (or French Macaroons) a go. I’m glad I did. All the research I did on them before setting out to actually make them made me nervous, like I was going to have to watch 8 batches fall before I was…
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Pickles!
There is something about Ball jars that I love. I would happily store all our foodstuffs in them just because I find them lovely. I will look for any occasion to use one and am definitely the girl at work who drinks her water during staff meeting from a Ball jar. There is no shortage…
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The Sweet Life
It’s not the taste of sweets so much that I adore, it’s really their beauty that makes me drool. I’ve been sneaking peeks at too many baking blogs lately — you know, the ones that highlight a treat a day with photographs of pastries stacked on glass plates, cookies sitting next to cool glasses of…
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Pancetta Pizza
We’ve gone a month without air conditioning … in 90 degree weather. We survived, of course, but it wasn’t much fun. Mostly because I couldn’t use the oven. After finally tracking down the part for our 40-year-old air conditioner (Antique Roadshow, here we come!), we got it fixed today. Hurrah. In honor of our cool…
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Market Harvest
Champaign, Illinois and Park City, Utah have amazing farmers markets and we’ve wanted to find something on a similar scale in Indianapolis, but have had no luck until this morning. The Indy Winter Farmers Market in the Chatham Arch Building at East and 9th is pretty fantastic. I mean, really fantastic. Our spoils include a…