Indian-Spiced Braised Chicken

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I remember it like it was yesterday. But it was many, MANY moons ago when bestie Laura surprised me with a subscription to the super cute pocket-sized Martha Stewart magazine, Everyday Food. I remember the day the first issue arrived in the mail. I jumped around in our basement apartment living room for exactly 15 […]

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Grilled Artichokes

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This weekend was definitely one for the books. Like, every single one of the books. I had the pleasure of hosting the incredibly talented Helene Dujardin in my home. She. is. so. much. fun. you. guys. We drank wine, we cooked, we watched mystery shows on tv, we took pictures, we went out to dinner […]

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House Guest

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I just gotta tell ya, I have a pretty cool house guest this weekend. She’s French. She’s fun. She KILLS it behind the lens. I’m talking about Helene Dujardin, you guys! That. Is. Right. I have finally met someone who can OUT TALK me. This is big. And a wee bit frightening. She’s holding 2 […]

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Chicken Sausage Tacos with Cilantro-Yogurt Sauce

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I’m not exactly sure what happened here. It’s not Mexican food. It’s not Greek food. It’s…well….. It all started like this: Me to Aaron, “Hey, do you want some chicken sausage tacos for dinner tomorrow night? We’ve never done that before.” Aaron, “Yeah, but instead of a tortilla, maybe use pita bread?” Me, “I guess…but […]

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Little Taste of Fall

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My husband is watching Tron Legacy, which obviously means I’m left scratching my armpits. So, I thought I’d show you a picture of what’s going on in our front yard. This is our dogwood tree, in all its fall glory. It is SO gorgeous on our street right now. Various tones of golds, browns, reds, […]

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Food Blog Forum…In Pictures

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Well, we did it! We Nashville’d our booties off. We food blog forum’d our faces off. And it ruled, BIG TIME. Here’s the weekend, in pictures. We were on the road Friday morning by 4am. We made it to Nashville in 8 hours. (It’s a 9.5 hour trip. Just sayin’.) We arrived to the Nash […]

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Food Blog Forum and Some Pasta

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This time tomorrow morning, a couple of bloggy girlfriend bloggy bloggers and I will be well on our way to a city where country stars are born every 5 minutes. A city that we thought would be chilly, allowing us to sport our new sweaters and scarfs we purchased for the trip, but instead decided […]

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First Tablespoon Article!

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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Well, *I* have, at least. Remember how I told you about becoming a part of the Tablespoon.com team? Well, I’m still squealing every 5 minutes and running around like a butternut squash with its head cut off. (see what I did there?) Without further ado, I present […]

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