Category: Food and Cooking
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Expect Foam
My roommate and I have similar diets, so we often share ingredients and cooking duties. However, my roommate and I don’t share similar shopping habits, so things can get interesting. I tend to buy the exact same items over and over again. Pasta. Ground beef. Chicken. Rice. Bell peppers. Chocolate. Coffee. That’s pretty much it.…
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Food Is Not The Enemy
Have you noticed how much time we spend talking about food? At least, the people in my life do. What are we going to eat for dinner, I’m trying to not eat so much sugar, I ate too much sugar, I’m hungry, I’m full, what’s your favorite restaurant, why did I eat that third piece…
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JK – I Need Good Stuff
Friends, it has been a week. I mean, a WEEK. So, I’m putting a real quick suspension on our Awkward Part Two and instead talking about what we all need right now: good stuff. Oh don’t worry, we’ll come back to the awkward. I always come back to the awkward, it’s how I do. I’ve…
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Fight Club
It’s been a strange week for me. I’ve felt inspired, depressed, incredibly sad, extremely encouraged, humbled by others’ kindness and generosity, humbled by my own failures, been very close to insanity, and yesterday I forgot to eat lunch. I don’t forget to eat food. Like JLaw says, “Eating is one of my favorite parts of the…
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Beef Bourguignwrong
I’ve been feeling more and more guilty of late for not working on my writing – not necessarily for not writing on here (I have no delusions about a vast group of people checking their email every day just in case Ashleyne posted something new to read) but just writing in general. I am of…
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The Death Factor (Because the “Kill Factor” was already taken)
I have the hardest time in the egg aisle. See, I’ve always been bad at math. Calculating cents per egg, factoring in size and color and freshness date, to decide which dozen will go home with me and live in my fridge and die in my frying pan has been a challenge since becoming a…