Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I didn’t get back from the gym until after 9 last night, which means three things: Dinner was going to be late so it needed to be quick and easy I wanted to carbo-load Since I had just worked out, I didn’t want junk I managed to find a meal to satisfy all the above…
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Do you remember this Duracell commercial? It is probably a distant memory since so few devices require batteries nowadays (praise be the iPod!), but I was recently reminded of this creepy tv spot because I really needed to recharge my batteries. I have been running around for weeks and was starting to feel like the…
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Last night, I went to one of my favorite gym classes, Street Fighter. If that makes me sound like a badass, it’s only because I am one. Anyway, because the class ended late and I knew I would have to make a stop to fill my empty fridge, I knew I would be eating a…
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A couple weeks ago, I was watching one of my favorite shows, Modern Family, and was struck with inspiration. In this particular episode, flamboyantly gay Cam is hijacking a middle school musical and his boyfriend, Mitchell, brings him a pb&j in an attempt to be supportive. Of course, a crazy gay man won’t eat peanut…
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So for the last two weeks, I thought I was going home to the Top Chef Allstars finale and for the last two weeks, I have been wrong. Normally, I hate being wrong; but in this case, I am happy to extend the life of one of my favorite shows. Finally, it was finale time…
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Last night was the season finale of Top Chef. Actually, it wasn’t – apparently there’s another episode; but since I thought it was, I wanted to make sure I prepared some new recipes. I didn’t want to eat take out or leftovers while watching these All Stars cook food magic. That said, it was late…
Read MoreWhen I told my Mom about the delicious casserole I cooked last week, she told me that she tried to cook a casserole for my Daddy when they first married. “Casseroles are for poor people,” he told her. He must have later warmed to the idea because I ate a lot of casseroles growing up.…
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Last night I made spaghetti squash for the first time and I have to admit, the hardest part of the recipe was cutting the squash in half (I think I broke a sweat trying to get my knife through!). I found a recipe that basically used spaghetti squash to replace actual spaghetti, which kept this…
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I’m not one of those girls who hates Valentine’s Day, nor am I the kind of girl who swoons at the idea of the holiday. I am ambivalent. I may not really care about Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean I won’t use it as an excuse for a good meal. I arrived at Whole…
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While my parents were here, we checked out Italian mecca Eataly, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich’s massive (I’m talking 50,000 square feet) Italian marketplace. There are several mini cafes, fresh produce, meats, cheeses, breads, and anything else you could think of. I was in heaven! We went there with the intention of just checking it…
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Peaches to Apples 