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peanut butter pie
Every year at Beau’s birthday, it’s the same back-and-forth dilemma over what to make for dessert. He is so picky and doesn’t really care for sweets, so what to do? Last year’s Guinness cake went...
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rock of cashel
About halfway between Kilkenny and Cork, high on a hill overlooking the surrounding area, lies the Rock of Cashel. Kings ruled from the structure from the 300s until 1101, when it was given to the...
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mediterranean quinoa salad
A few weeks ago I was taken to lunch at a place I had never been, True Food Kitchen, in Newport Beach. I had heard nothing but rave reviews about it, so I was more than a little intrigued (note: the...
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invisalign update
Okay, it’s been ages since I’ve written about Invisalign (last July, to be exact). To all the people who have been asking for updates, I’m sorry it’s taken so long. To be honest, for a long time...
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jerpoint abbey, thomastown
Just outside of Kilkenny is Thomastown, a small town that is supposedly busy and bustling in the summertime, but when we took a day trip there we found it nearly abandoned. Which suited us just fine...
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kilkenny
We had planned on stopping at various places on the drive from Dublin to Kilkenny, and at the top of the list was Glendalough. How I wanted to visit Glendalough! Unfortunately, having only had about...
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2013: week fifteen
April 8-14. I started a writing project this week, which I am excited/nervous/inspired/scared about. Who knows what, if anything, will come of it, but I finally have a somewhat solid idea of what I...
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chicken pot pie
Chicken pot pie, at least to me, is one of the best comfort foods. Nothing beats the smell of a pot pie baking in the oven, the crust getting puffy and flaky and golden brown, and the filling thick...
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2013: week fourteen
April 1-7. Jade had spring break this week, which was so, so nice. We slept in as much as possible. We had one day of errands and chores, but the rest were full of fun things, like the Bowers Museum....
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2013: week thirteen
March 25-31. *** This was a busy weekend. Two birthdays to plan/cook for, and I also had a few people over on Friday night. I was exhausted when it was over! Jade had spring break starting on...
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zucchini-walnut bread
About a year ago I posted a recipe for zucchini bread that I had made by accident after mixing the batter for what had been intended to be banana bread, only to discover the bananas were too far gone...
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2013: week eleven
March 11-17. ** I had song lyrics looped in my head this week, and I couldn’t think of what song they were from. I gave you everything you ever wanted / It wasn’t what you wanted. So true sometimes....
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pumpkin-chocolate chip squares
It is literally the eleventh hour and I’m so tired my eyelids are halfway closed, but I declared it pumpkin week so a pumpkin recipe there shall be. There was so much to do today, some expected and...
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so long, farewell
When faced with a simple decision, say, which color shirt to buy or which book to read, I tend to agonize for much longer than what is probably considered reasonable (which is why I own multiples of...
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dublin
I am back to tell you about Dublin, finally. We really fell in love with this city. When we arrived bleary-eyed at the sleek, glassy airport, we stood in the taxi line amid business people in the...
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ireland
For just shy of two weeks, I finally got the picturesque autumn I had been craving, courtesy of Ireland. It pulled out all the stops, too. I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere so beautiful. The...
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thanksgiving ideas
We won’t be home again this year for Thanksgiving, and I have no idea what exactly we’ll be doing or what we’ll be eating. Which really isn’t a problem since, thankfully, thanks can be acknowledged...
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recently: food
Today, because it’s been unusually hectic around here, I’ve decided to a round-up of all the things I’ve been cooking but haven’t actually had time to post. These are recipes that I really loved, but...
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