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Feb 5, 2012, 12:31 pm
I should start by saying this: I am grateful to be writing this post today—not just because of the lunch of rainbow root vegetables or afternoon of hours spent photographing them that it represents, but because, about a week or so ago, pacing the floors at 2 AM while alternating between holding my... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 5:52 pm
When we started registering for wedding gifts last summer, there was one thing Tim really wanted to add: an ice cream maker.
And where I (the impatient, get-it-done type) probably would have just clicked the first version I saw at Target or Williams and Sonoma and rejoiced to have checked somethin... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2012, 8:00 am
This past week, Tim and I did sort of a cleanse, wherein we ate mostly raw: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds, raw dairy, dried fruit. We added homemade chicken soup, nettle and Tulsi teas and, at a maximum of once a day, roasted vegetables, but otherwise it was, for the first time in our l... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 8:00 am
I know I could write this post about our holidays—our first Christmas traveling to both Ohio and Chicago; our first year of giving gifts as a couple; our first Christmas stretching between two families because we are our now our own. I could tell you about all the food we ate—the amazing, high-q... Comment - Like
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Dec 20, 2011, 8:00 am
Tim and I are still enough of newlyweds to regularly look at each other and say, Can you believe we’re married? Remember what it was like when we weren’t? and, on days like this last Saturday, where we went to a flea market we’ve been hearing about since before I moved to Nashville, Remember b... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2011, 8:00 am
I never thought much about what our first Christmas would be like—which is funny because, for a classic overthinker like me, it’s rare not to think about something. Maybe it was because of how big October seemed and how faraway December felt.
The first week, we bought a six-foot Fraser fir, pur... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2011, 8:00 am
So listen, should you ever find yourself in possession of 15 pounds of satsumas, say because of a killer sale last Friday at Whole Foods, a sale you’d been anticipating for days, Googling recipes and wondering about things like satsuma ice cream or satsuma salad or satsuma marmalade or jam, and yo... Comment - Like
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Nov 29, 2011, 8:00 am
Two years ago, I made my dad caramels for his birthday. They were hard and crunchy, like gold-wrapped Werther’s, the kind that would crack like glass when you bit them.
While I’d been after something a little more chewy that time, since that’s how Dad likes them most, it turned out candy-mak... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2011, 8:00 am
The first week Tim and I got back to Nashville, while we settled into a regular rhythm of making meals and paying bills and sharing a home office together, I began tackling the to-do list that follows a wedding. There were thank-you notes to write, bank accounts to merge, a pretty major name change ... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2011, 8:00 am
The first evening of our married life may have been all crisp October air and gorgeous golden leaves and a giant tent filled with our closest friends and family, but that first week was something altogether different. The morning after the wedding, we flew to what felt like worlds away from Chicago ... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2011, 10:39 am
We did it. Three weeks ago Saturday, on a beautiful October afternoon, after about six months of planning and close to two years of knowing each other, Tim and I took our first steps together as man and wife.
Looking back now, it feels like a blur. I knew it would go by quickly and that, partway t... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2011, 8:00 am
(I’m married, can you believe it?!? While I’m away on my honeymoon, sweet Carrie from Deliciously Organic volunteered to tell you a little bit of her story here. I love Carrie’s perspective on food and I love getting to feature her. Read more about her at DeliciouslyOrganic.net.)
If you had t... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2011, 7:50 pm
A few days after I came back from Oregon, one night while Tim and I were working side by side, I told him I didn’t know if I wanted to blog anymore.
It was weird—not just because we’re in the midst of working and talking about wedding plans but because I love blogging. I’d be the first to ... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2011, 8:00 am
You could go to Oregon for the natural beauty—the majestic mountains, the thick woods, the rivers, the flowers, the waterfalls, the streams.
You could go for the history—maybe to see the Timberline Lodge, a towering structure built in the 1930s as a product of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’... Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2011, 2:38 pm
Today is September 2. September 2! Tim and I are getting married in 44 days, as in next month, six weeks from tomorrow. Yesterday, September 1, I went to a dress fitting. I stood in front of a wall of mirrors and looked at myself, standing next to a tall blonde woman with a thick European a... Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2011, 3:16 pm
Tim and I came up to Chicago last Friday, here to spend a week with my family, and in that time, we have already been given so many gifts—at a beautiful wedding shower thrown for us Saturday, in presents for my birthday today, and, yesterday, through a complimentary box of organic produce... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2011, 8:00 am
Here’s the thing no one tells you about change: it affects you, and in ways you might not plan for.
Every day, we’re surrounded by the details of our life, be they people or objects or geography, and, even when it’s by your own choice, when you start moving around a lot of those det... Comment - Like
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Aug 11, 2011, 6:23 pm
Hello, friends.
Since you sweet people are always so quick to share my joy in big life changes (becoming self-employed, relocating to Nashville, getting engaged, staying self-employed), I thought you might like to hear about the latest change:
I moved on Tuesday.
Sometime soon, we’ll... Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2011, 8:00 am
Nothing says simplicity like reducing your diet to fruit, vegetables, meat, and dairy for a week—which is exactly what we did recently, when we temporarily cut out grains and sugar from our daily meals (even the good kinds).
In the beginning, I felt hungry, but by the end, I felt fantast... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2011, 8:00 am
I told Tim the other day,
you know,
the best things in life
really are free.
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Like sunlight in the morning:
And sunsets at night:
Parks filled with trees:
Views like these:
A day at the lake:
And the man that I love:
I mean, I don’t know about you, but I need to be remin... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2011, 8:00 am
Somewhere in the midst of the last two weeks—nestled right in amongst planning a wedding, looking for a place to live, climbing (up ropes! for my first! time! ever!) at Cummins Falls, watching fireworks, meeting and spending time with the very lovely Joanna and Brad (and feeling like weâ€... Comment - Like
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Jun 29, 2011, 8:00 am
I am not even ashamed to admit that I love a good bargain. I clip coupons; I buy $15 desks. When Jeni’s celebrated its new Nashville location with free scoops of ice cream last week, we were front in line. And when Whole Foods had a $1.99 sale on organic blueberries June 17, you know I bo... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2011, 10:20 am
You know those people who are always telling you how busy they are? It’s kind of annoying because really, we all make the time to do the things we really want to do. Even when we’re crazy crazy busy, we still eat, for example—or at least, I still eat—maybe you sleep or meet your fri... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2011, 12:14 pm
I’ve been playing this game the past few days where I don’t spend any money—cooking from the pantry, eating from what’s already in the fridge. I’m doing it partly to cut costs (how does one person spend so much money on food?) and partly to avoid waste (we’re heading back to Chi... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2011, 9:00 am
Back when I was keeping regular office hours, breakfast was always tough. I don’t know why it was easy to prepare lunch the night before but then over and over again forget about breakfast, but it was. There were months of quick grabs on the way out the door—a muffin, some leftovers, co... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2011, 8:00 am
The other day, while I was depositing a check in the drive-through lane, I saw a man come out of my bank and walk to a car that had an Illinois license plate. It was the simplest thing—a license plate—something that I wouldn’t think twice about while I’m at home. But sitting there i... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2011, 8:00 am
You know, I’ve gotten some pretty fantastic packages in the mail since I started blogging—a jar of coconut oil, a case of Talenti gelato, a bag of Xylitol, something like 20 containers of Chobani yogurt.
But this month, I received something totally new, something I’d never have expec... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2011, 8:00 am
Sunday night, Tim and I got the opportunity to attend a private event at Porta Via Italian Kitchen—Nashville’s source of authentic Neapolitan pizza (and you know how much I love that, whether in Chicago, in Seattle, in Chattanooga, or now here at home).
For us, the event came at a pret... Comment - Like
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Apr 27, 2011, 12:53 pm
Thank you all so much for your congratulations and excitement on the last post! I told Tim, getting engaged feels like this giant burst of love from everyone who’s known you—and even some that haven’t. Thanks for sharing in our joy, every one of you. You are the best part of blogging.
And spe... Comment - Like
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Apr 20, 2011, 7:55 am
Yesterday morning, I had an entirely different post planned for you today. It wasn’t about cookies, it wasn’t about Nashville, it wasn’t about the person who likes these cookies most.
But plans change.
You might remember over a month ago, when I brought you these thin chocolate cook... Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2011, 8:00 am
I can’t believe it was almost a month ago already that I clicked through my Google Reader, the way I do most afternoons, and saw these gorgeous blood orange crostatas. We made them the following weekend, for our weekly Sunday dinner with friends, and had just enough so every person got on... Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2011, 8:00 am
I have been waiting a long time to tell you about these cookies.
They first came to me last spring, in one of the earliest emails exchanged between here and Nashville.
Then came summer, fall, winter and a move to Tennessee.
Before long, here we were in the heart of spring again, evidenc... Comment - Like
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Mar 30, 2011, 8:00 am
This is going to seem like a really trite way to begin a food blog post, but nonetheless, here it is:
I am so thankful for food.
I started thinking about it this month, when Tim and I began doing a weekly cleanse/detox day and I saw, again, how food affects my body. I thought about it wh... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2011, 9:18 am
Last week—after more than a month with a Nashville address and over 30 days filled with the pure luxury of seeing the one person I want to see most every single day—I told Tim it was about time I started carrying a little more of the weight in this relationship. He, you have to understa... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2011, 3:25 pm
Collard greens are one of those foods I kind of pity sometimes.
Like a lot of other green, leafy vegetables (kale! Swiss chard! dandelion greens!), it’s not a staple in American meals. I mean, I can’t speak for you or your household, but we didn’t eat it growing up—ever. When we h... Comment - Like
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Mar 4, 2011, 11:36 am
I like lists. Maybe you can relate?
I make grocery lists and client lists and spreadsheets detailing my purchases for the month. I keep mental lists of reasons I like things, reasons I don’t like things, situations that felt awkward with a particular person. I think these lists (1) help me proces... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2011, 11:18 am
If you’re like me, baking inspiration can come from pretty ordinary places. You see a recipe, a friend mentions a craving, or, you know, there’s that half a bag of carrots staring at you every time you open the fridge.
This particular bag of carrots had gotten quite a lot of use alrea... Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2011, 5:35 pm
I’ve been thinking lately: One of the worst parts about being far away from people is missing out on the everyday stuff of their lives, you know? The funny stories about coworkers, the play-by-play of awkward conversations, the new recipes, the introductions, the disappointments, all thos... Comment - Like
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Feb 15, 2011, 1:30 pm
Last week, I spent the better part of two days holed up in my barely furnished room, watching TV on my laptop—because apparently, nothing says, Welcome to Nashville!, like a stomach bug that knocks every shred of every thing out of your body in the course of one evening—and the whole time, there... Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2011, 10:36 am
The thing nobody tells you ahead of time when you say you’re going to move to a new place is that doing so—packing up most of your belongings and driving eight hours to a new city with the help of two men who must really love you to put themselves through a drive of snow and ice and, Indiana on ... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2011, 8:00 am
Monday morning, I fried an egg and put it on toast.
I like eggs. Eggs are simple.
I also like toast. Toast is simple, too.
I know many people who read food blogs do so in order to find inspiration, motivation, new ingredients or new recipes, but I’m afraid that isn’t what I’ve got for you ... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 9:03 pm
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately planning a move. It’s not a tragedy, I know. It’s just one of those things that requires work, much like finding a job or learning a new skill—you have to deal with some discomfort, things aren’t exactly easy, there are costs and, in the end, you hop... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2011, 12:05 pm
Yesterday, I made a sandwich for lunch.
(I also threw away two dozen old magazines. And made a donation pile for Goodwill. And listed things to sell on Amazon and eBay.)
Here is how the sandwich part went.
1. I took two pieces of bread, covered one with sliced raw cheddar and stuck them in the 3... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2011, 3:38 pm
I realized this morning that I was starting to forget what it felt like to post a blog entry. And that that was probably not a good sign.
I don’t really know what to say about it. I mean, it’s the strangest thing. Over the last few weeks, I’ve made homemade chicken stock, chicken and rice so... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2010, 1:47 pm
If there were one post that I’ve been looking forward to writing this year, this is the post I’ve been looking forward to writing all year—the last post of 2010.
The past 365 days have been filled with such enormous changes—a new way of eating, not to mention someone new to eat with, a new... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 10:40 pm
My family’s never been big on annual traditions.
I mean, sure, at Christmastime, there’s a tree and presents. We mail greetings and watch movies that come on TV, like most people do. We eat cookies (but then we always eat cookies). And then there are a few other recipes we associate with the se... Comment - Like
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Dec 20, 2010, 1:48 pm
OK, I know what you’re thinking: pumpkin pie in December? Why don’t I just put on a Halloween costume and sing the Star-Spangled Banner while I’m at it? Listen, I know. Pumpkin pie is traditionally associated with Thanksgiving, and I know, here we are, a few days from Christmas—a time decide... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2010, 11:06 am
Early last month—it might have been the cooler weather or the fact that I hadn’t eaten red meat in a couple weeks, or it might have been since I already had a couple grass-fed chuck roasts in my freezer, purchased from a local farm—I got a fierce craving for pot roast.
Now if you’r... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 3:41 pm
At lunch the other day with Jacqui and her sister Jenny, we got talking about cookies and holiday baking, about how everyone has their favorite type of chocolate chip cookie and how my grandma used to make dozens of cookie tins to give away each year. I eventually found myself saying, with ... Comment - Like
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