Category Archives: Recipes

Rustic Sundried Tomato Bread

My affinity for fall food is more than just a change of the season. I love fall food all year long. As much as I enjoy fresh fruits and crisp summer salads, I couldn’t fathom eating another green salad right … Continue reading

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Heirloom Tomato Tartlets

Despite our late Seattle summer I find myself longing for crisp autumn days. September is here, and I’m ready to welcome the drizzling rain and enjoy staying in slippers all weekend, reading a good book (or blog), and baking. Not … Continue reading

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Gnocchi with Spring Peas & Proscutto

I love Sunday afternoons. And I especially love cooking for two. With spring showers still looming in the northwest, it seems the best place for Grant and I to enjoy our Sabbath is in the kitchen. One apron, two glasses … Continue reading

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Saffron Shrimp Risotto

You know when you’ve tasted something so incredible that just the thought of it sends your senses into total ecstasy? Something you know that you could eat every day for the rest of your life and be perfectly content? For … Continue reading

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Lamb Chops with Olive & Pomegranate Tapenade

Delicious! Enough said. I’ve been wanting to make some version of this tapenade ever since seeing it used in an episode of Worst Cook in America. I discovered the show over the holidays and was instantly hooked. It’s totally amusing … Continue reading

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Tequilla Lime Chicken Fettuccine

Inspiration alas. After 6 weeks away from WordPress I felt like I didn’t know where to start. The post-graduation self-pampering, indulging, spoiling, lounging, and other frivolous ways I’ve found to waste time has been quite nice.. but then suddenly I … Continue reading

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Pizza & Football

Though I may not be a Green Bay or Steelers fan, per se, I am a football fan. My daddy raised me right. Every year I think back to Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers. We were moving across … Continue reading

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Soup Bowl Vacancy

Do you ever buy a pair of shoes and then think, “They’re perfect. Now I just have to find an occasion to wear these over-the-top, frilly, red, sparkly 5-inch heels”. Me? Never. But I did do that with a set … Continue reading

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Mushroom Barley Soup

Today is a soup day. Yesterday was a soup day. With rain in the forecast, I’m pretty sure tomorrow will be a soup day too. When its cold and rainy for an entire season how can you not fall in … Continue reading

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Mm..Mm..Gnocchi

I can’t help myself. I love making pasta, just as much as I love consuming pasta. And Sunday afternoon–after my Seahawks lost–I needed to knead. Why is it that kneading is such great therapy? Anyhow, gnocchi is especially fun to … Continue reading

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