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From Food to Dinner: December 2007
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From Food to Dinner. Thursday, December 27, 2007. Pork Stew with Pears and Vanilla. The holiday season is kind of a wild ride. We had Cobe's family over this year. No big deal we thought. Twenty people. We did that for thanksgiving last year. It turns out, it's kind of a big deal. Cobe's family always does potluck, and since it's our house we had the main course. Cobe wanted salmon. I had a plan.long slow cooked salmon over very low heat a la Jerry Traunfeld. Braised Pork Shoulder with Pears and Thyme.
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From Food to Dinner: November 2007
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From Food to Dinner. Saturday, November 24, 2007. Turkey Day #2 (Cranberry Sauce). And now on to the cranberry sauce. I love cranberry sauce, but it can be vexing. It's so simple but when it's not right, it's not right. And it's not thanksgiving without it. I've had to remake it two years in a row. So I started again.this time 3/4 c. sugar, 1 c water, orange zest, a sprinkle of salt and then after it had simmered the requisite amount of time, a tbs. of cointreau. Fabulous stuff. Cranb...1 1/2 cups sugar.
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From Food to Dinner: Best of the best
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From Food to Dinner. Sunday, January 4, 2009. Best of the best. It happens every new year- all the food magazines comes out with their favorite cookbook list. I was reading over Mark Bittman's " 50 cookbooks I can't live without. And realized we only overlapped on one or two books! It seemed almost crazy. I love cookbooks. I taught myself to cook using cookbooks. So I thought the hell with it, I'll write my own. . Oh and p.s.- -my most used resource? A close second is the newly minted rouxbe.com. You can...
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From Food to Dinner: July 2008
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From Food to Dinner. Sunday, July 27, 2008. I picked up an ice cream maker at a garage sale last week. A strange purchase for someone recently discovered to be lactose intolerant, but I wanted it. You know. The way I wanted that easy-bake oven when I was little (which I never got, by the way). And there's always sorbet. I broke it in with some watermelon sorbet, but the texture was wrong, too icey. I even added a bit of alcohol (Pernod) which I'd read could help the texture, but no dice. It was a revelat...
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From Food to Dinner: April 2008
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From Food to Dinner. Friday, April 4, 2008. Sometimes I don't remember to take the photo until it's too late. Which is a good sign since it means we couldn't stop eating. Doesn't it look like it was good? Back in my bachelorette days I still cooked, but more in a subsistence way. My favorite thing to make was a dinner salad- a green salad topped with some kind of hot meat. And truthfully, it's still really damn good and simple and healthy. I made this one with chicken, but any thing would work. Make dres...
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From Food to Dinner: May 2008
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From Food to Dinner. Friday, May 30, 2008. Cobe left for China yesterday and as he was leaving he was talking about buying more tea. I am already excited. I love tea. I even gave up coffee for several years and just drank tea. Not currently. Coffee is like crack in Seattle, it's so good. There also are a multitude of larger balls that open into flowers. The best ones are all gone. We watched them in awe on the day of his return as they slowly opened and then sent forth a several inch long yellow ...I lov...
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EmilyPlays: December 2008
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008. A wonderful gift from WonderMommy. My number was up! Melissa over at Adventures of WonderMommy. Had a giveaway and I won the fantabulous Farbenmix pattern Weeke. This may require some serious digging into the fabric stash! Thank you so much Melissa! Be sure and check out WonderMommy'. She is busy making very cute stuff! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from emilyplays. Make your own badge here. The Long Thread's Best of 2008 list.
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EmilyPlays: February 2008
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Monday, February 25, 2008. She is a pear on the edge. I don't know why she is so nervous. I guess the fruit bowl really was just more than she could bear! I really liked the needle felting I did for the eyes and mouth! This is the first time I have tried that technique. It is such a fast and fun way to add a lot of character. I did break 2 needles though - scary! I guess I was a bit too enthusiastic. The basis for the pear came from this pattern. From Australia. Yea etsy! Labels: hook and yarn. So far so...
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EmilyPlays: September 2007
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007. 1st day of Kindergarten and 1st bento. 1st day of Kindergarten and 1st bento. Originally uploaded by emilyplays. Can it really be happening? It is true and I miss my girl each day. She is thrilled, but does ask for a daily report on precisely how much she has been missed. I packed her a bento of goodies for her very first school lunch. The box is so perfectly her size. Of course, my consolation is that I will have more space for my own creativity! Labels: hearth and home.
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EmilyPlays: January 2009
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Friday, January 2, 2009. Winter snow snow snow. We've finally thawed out and melted. Winter and holidays - they have come and gone. Just some quick peeks into winter for us. All of our Christmas doodads are buried in the storage unit. So we created out Christmas from paper, felt and salt dough this year. The little tree will be planted at the new house, which is need of some landscaping, plantings or something! These little felt numbers were inspired by some I spotted on Etsy by Rikrak. I try to cherish ...
