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get your om nom on: three-mushroom three-cheese pizza

  • May 8th, 2012
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What I have to offer you this evening is not for the faint of heart, ladies and gentlemen. It requires a keen appreciation for two of the world’s tastiest things, mushrooms and cheese. Do you have that appreciation? Yes? Good. This is one serious pizza, though it has not-so-serious origins. Jimmy and I were scrounging around for dinner, wanting to get something done fast so we could watch old episodes of Star Trek (we’re so close to the tribbles episode!), and he suggested pizza because we had a spare crust lying around. Typically I make crust from scratch, but we [...]

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apology sandwich: vegetarian banh mi

  • April 12th, 2012
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Oh, children. I’m sure you feel like I’ve abandoned you. Would you believe me if I said that abysmally slow February was followed up by an outrageously busy March? I know it’s no excuse, darlings. But don’t despair. You know I’ll always love you. To make it up to you, I made you a sandwich. Not just any sandwich. This sandwich is piled high with love, care, and more condiments than you can shake a mid-century walnut veneer stick at. It’s my favorite vegetarian banh mi, originally cobbled together from several sources and tweaked obsessively until it was as close [...]

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hello, december: low calorie pumpkin-chocolate chip muffins

  • December 1st, 2011
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Like most people, I think, I’ve fought with my weight for several years now. I’m a healthy weight for my ridiculous height (6’0″), but that doesn’t mean I’m at a happy weight. I feel my best when I weigh about 15-20 pounds less than I do right now, just on the bottom edge of the normal range for my BMI. This, of course, is a problem for someone who lists one of her top five interests as “cheese.” My favorite food groups are carbs and dairy. Couple that with the fact that I work at a computer and I truly [...]

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in defense of vanilla

  • September 26th, 2011
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I’m going to be up from with you here: I’m not one of those women who goes insane for chocolate. It isn’t, of course, that I don’t like chocolate. I do. It’s pretty difficult not to like, especially when it’s nice and dark and possibly studded with sea salt or crystallized ginger. Or baked into an impossibly dense Baked brownie, the best brownie I have ever had (we’ll discuss that later). The thing is, I just feel like there are so many other flavors in the world. Who wants to eat the same old chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and [...]

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fall in a bowl: mushroom stroganoff and sweet potato cheddar biscuits

  • September 23rd, 2011
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Despite the pollen parade and the mass return of students to Columbia (turning a town that’s peaceful and spacious 3 months out of the year back into Frat Central), fall is my favorite season. I love the crisp (albeit allergen-filled) air, the beautiful leaves, the seasonal food, and the holidays–my birthday is October 4, our anniversary is October 17, and of course, there’s Halloween. This year, I’ve also got an awesome Harry Potter-themed joint birthday party with my friend Lana to look forward to. (Keep an eye out for more posts on the subject–I’m hard at work on my costume!). [...]

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