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Feb. 24, 2009 10:14 pm 
Updated: Feb. 27, 2009 1:23 pm
I have an unhealthy relationship with bread. I love it but it doesn't love me. While I could happily live the rest of my life in the company of freshly baked bread and a dish of butter, that much togetherness wouldn't have a happy ending. And in the rose-colored spirit of denial that kicks in… MORE
Delicious Rosemary Bread tied up in knots
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Feb. 23, 2009 5:28 pm 
Updated: Feb. 27, 2009 1:26 pm
Sunday breakfast usually goes something like this: "What do you want to eat?" "I don't know. What do you feel like cooking?" "I don't know." And so on. But this past Sunday I mentioned making pancakes to celebrate Pancake Week and the crowd went wild. Okay, there are only three of us, but you… MORE
Stack o' apple pancakes
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Feb. 19, 2009 8:52 pm 
Updated: Sep. 4, 2009 11:31 am
What do you do when you have out-of-town guests in for one day and you want to show them a good time? I solved that dilema last week when I spent a cold and sunny afternoon at Pike Place Market with friends who were in from Los Angeles and New York. But these big city folk felt a little… MORE
Artichokes $3.49 each...is that a good price?
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Peppers, tomatillos, and potatoes in three colors.
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Mighty, mighty Brussels sprouts!
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Feathery fennel.
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Feb. 6, 2009 11:09 am 
Updated: Feb. 19, 2009 7:44 pm
I dropped off my son for a sleepover and came away with a jar of homemade fig jam. Is this a fair exchange? But if my friend isn’t complaining then neither am I. Especially when I get to spoon a golden dollop of fig and honey over my morning bowl of yogurt. Compare that to her having to deal with MORE
Catherine's Fig Honey Compote
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Catherine's Canning
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Feb. 3, 2009 8:29 pm 
Updated: Apr. 30, 2009 8:33 pm
A friend tells me she tried to have dim sum this weekend in the International District, only to find the restaurants completely overwhelmed by everyone else in Seattle who had the same idea. It’s the Lunar New Year, after all--The Year of the Ox—a year said to be characterized by prosperity… MORE
Duck Fried Rice
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Dragon Dancer
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Dragon Dance Drummers
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Feb. 2, 2009 8:00 pm 
Updated: Feb. 3, 2009 6:38 pm
The best part of Super Bowl Sunday is eating chicken wings. The worst part of Super Bowl Sunday is cutting up chicken wings.I always make big batches of teriyaki wings and Buffalo wings, and that’s a lot of cutting. So after I blogged about how much I loved my kitchen shears, I decided to try… MORE
Kitchen shears take on chicken wings!
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Home Town
Los Angeles, California, USA
Living In
Seattle, Washington, USA

Member Since
Nov. 2005

Cooking Level
Intermediate

Cooking Interests
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Indian, Mediterranean

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Knitting, Gardening, Camping, Biking, Photography, Reading Books, Music

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About Me
Two working adults and a kid in school. Someone has to cook and that someone is usually me. *sigh*
My favorite things to cook
Whatever makes my family smile while they're eating.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I cook, they clean up after me. It's the kind of tradition I can fully embrace.
My cooking triumphs
No one has asked me to stop yet.
My cooking tragedies
When I was 13, I made pecan rolls for my family. The recipe called for 8 refrigerator biscuits but the package held 10. My mom asked me what I did with the other 2. Judging from the look on her face, "I threw them away" wasn't the right answer.
 
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