Win a cookbook, make some fish

I was recently contacted by a lovely woman at Yummr.  Never heard of it? I hadn’t either, but according to the website, it’s a “community of folks who are passionate about good food and drink and enjoy sharing their obsession and connecting with others.”
Being that I’m passionate about food – and most certainly drink – [...]

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I eat cupcakes for a cause

This morning Chris and I were walking Jack and we saw a MoveOn.org bake sale for Obama.  Well, obviously, we had to buy a cupcake for such a good cause, so we got a red velvet to share.  Neither of us had ever tried red velvet cake, but in our neighborhood, it is a big [...]

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This is not about food.

So about a week ago, Jack and I were walking past a playground, and we heard this kid scream, “Look at that dog! What’s wrong with his ears? They’re so weird!”
Well, the poor pup was rather distraught about this, as you can imagine.  I had to spend the next few minutes patting his [...]

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This is embarrassing

I think I mentioned that it is very hot here. The weatherman says that we are pushing 98º but I would say it is closer to 150º.
This is a problem for me because I accidentally bought teen deodorant. It is Degree brand, but I know that it is teen deodorant because it has a [...]

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Goat cheese makes everything taste good

No surprise here:

I had seven, because I had three earlier and that makes ten, which sounded like a nice, round number to me.
For dinner I made this zucchini and goat cheese pasta:

I was a little nervous because the recipe called for more salt than I’ve ever used in my life, and also because I cut [...]

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The oven is on vacation

I was so hot all day today, all I could think about was cold food.  So I had ice cream for dinner.
No.
I made gazpacho:

Recipe:
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1/3 of a seedless cucumber
1/4 of a small onion
2 small cloves garlic
1 small red pepper
6 – 7 basil leaves
1/3 of a small apple
1/2 cup vegetable stock (or to the [...]

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New routine

Yesterday Chris and I were talking about spinning and I was telling him about the class I go to on Wednesdays and how the instructor is hard but she talks a little too much and her “talking” is what others might call “preaching” and sometimes the music sounds a little gospely and I wonder if [...]

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Second set

I might write the folks at Nikon a little letter suggesting that this camera come with a lifetime supply of batteries.  I mean, seriously.  I haven’t gotten a chance to buy rechargeables yet and the regular ones last a week, tops.
So I couldn’t take pictures until after dinner, but nothing exciting happened, unlike every other [...]

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Time Warner is not smart

I got home from work and my Internet service was down. I tried to get on the neighbor’s network, which, by the way, is named “Lady Valentine.” I imagine she wears red and black lacy lingerie pretty much 24/7. (I hope she doesn’t read this and set up a password because my [...]

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Vodka

That’s how I would sum up last night. Vodka. The party I went to was sponsored by Skyy, and there was lots and lots and lots of vodka there. Good thing, too, because I had to mingle with strangers, and I need lots and lots and lots of vodka for that. I [...]

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