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Fresh Stawberry Tart

When I lived in Switzerland, I spent some time working with a company that had nearly 350 employees. That meant that nearly everday it was someone’s birthday, and as per Swiss work culture, that was a cause for celebration. So … Continue reading

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Trail of Crumbs Book Review + Spicy Cioppino with Creole Stuffing

When I heard Kim Sunée speak at the BlogHer Food ’12 Conference, I knew I had to read her memoir Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search for Home. When Kim was appromixately three years old, her birth mother … Continue reading

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Dining Out in DC

While in Washington, DC for the International AIDS Conference I had the opportunity to try out several local restaurants, mostly for either lunch or happy hour and mostly within walking distance of the Convention Center. In the process, I discovered that DC is … Continue reading

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How to Preserve Tuscan-Style Pasta Sauce

My parents’ garden has an abundance of tomatoes (and basil) at the moment. The past two summers we have canned homemade salsa, but this year I wanted to try something different. Enter homemade pasta sauce. Rather than bring out all of … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (4th of July Edition)

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