rosemary peasant bread

April 11, 2011

“Live simply.” It’s so hard to do, isn’t it? This phrase has been mulling in my head over and over again for the past year. With the accumulation of more and more and more stuff over time despite efforts to de-clutter my life, sometimes I wonder if it’s ever possible to follow the mantra: “Live [...]

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bacon, spinach & onion galette

April 3, 2011

As of last Friday, we’ve been living in Iowa City for a year.
I still can’t believe it.
I thought about making cupcakes to celebrate the occasion, but alas, I made them instead for a co-worker’s birthday and was too cupcaked out to repeat the process for myself. I thought about making a cake, but [...]

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ginger pecan scones

March 27, 2011

Often when I’m typing these posts, I’m singing to myself. These days, it’s generally a mix of Ra Ra Riot, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Cold War Kids and Cloud Cult. Sometimes, when it’s rainy and drab outside, it’s all Bon Iver, and when it’s sunny and warm, it’s Los Campesinos. In any case, [...]

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pesto cornbread muffins

March 17, 2011

Taking a week off from work is the best medicine.
So is laughter. And visiting friends in the city. And drinking strawberry milk on an unusually warm spring afternoon.
And so is comfort food, like these muffins.

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sifted words — haters gonna hate

March 8, 2011

When I was little, I hadn’t a care in the world. I’d frolic around in sprinklers and on swing sets, and the biggest event of my day was making sure I pedaled my Tonka three-wheeler fast enough to make it home in time for dinner.
My favorite place to be was at my neighbors’ house. I [...]

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cheesy garlic knots

March 1, 2011

I’ve had to make a lot of grownup decisions lately.
Like, deciding that I can’t eat cookies and cake and chocolate peanut butter swirl bread three times a day, every day. Well, I could, but I probably wouldn’t like it after a while.
Or deciding to watch my husband’s intramural basketball game in a gym that smelled [...]

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swedish knäckebröd

February 21, 2011

I’ve had a thing for crackers ever since I made those Blue Cheese & Walnut Crackers, along with my love letter to Ina Garten. There were those, and then, these flat breadsticks. Then this (these?) knäckebröd, which I made because I love those Wasa rye crisps from the grocery store, but mostly because I love [...]

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