My Dog is Chelsea

I’ve been thinking lately about milk and eggs: two food items that, in my opinion, are absolutely indispensable in the kitchen and in our diets and yet somehow have a bad rap. [DISCLAIMER: I should start by saying that everyone is entitled to make his or her own food decisions and in NO WAY am I [...]

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I just received an email from a reader who noted the distinct absence of an update on this site. Sorry ’bout that. I have been: out of town at a frisbee tournament, up ’til all hours working on the neighborhood newsletter (which is now online-ish! Read it here), and dealing with a landlady who snoops [...]

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You know someone decidedly isn’t famous when they need to announce that they are. But, nonetheless, I am having a moment of almost-semi-kinda-sorta famous-ish-ness! And: that’s thanks to you all! That is to say—my carrot story won the culinate.com blogging contest! YEE-HAW!!!!!!!!! Observe the current state of the Culinate homepage: Here’s a close-up: For those [...]

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I have kept a little garden for the past couple of years, but I’ve always a) planted starts b) sewn my seeds directly into the ground once the last frost was over or c) a combination of a + b. This year, I decided to get my herbs, tomatoes and peppers going indoors and avoid [...]

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I know, I know! How lucky can one girl get?! First, my Barack Obama cake gets featured on yeswecake.com. Then, my pumpkin makes it to yeswecarve. Now, this! Here’s a screenshot I just took of the home page of my favorite cooking site, culinate.com: For those who need reading glasses: That’s me! I won a [...]

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