Author: L
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STW Challenge for November: Back to Black
Flip through old food mags from the 1980s, and you’ll find a common food and prop styling trend. Food was fussily styled like art work, with novel visual forms taking…
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Bingeing on Bizcochitos
I have to confess, I’ve been on a bit of a binge lately. There was the taco truck extravaganza. But, I’ve also been bingeing on cookbooks. I can’t quite explain…
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Two Tacos Please
There has been a scheme in the works for some time now to have a day devoted to tacos. We’ve (Cam and I) been sampling various trucks and busses one…
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Thoughts on Travel Photography
Sorry for the general lack of posts lately… you probably know I’ve been traveling a bunch (in fact, I’m about to head out again) and have been swamped for the…
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Manfricoli all a’Matriciana
At least one of you guessed what my new favorite ingredient is. It’s the thing that makes matriciana (aka a’matriciana) go from yum to oh, wow.
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A Month in Umbria
How do I even begin to tell the story of our 4 weeks in Umbria?
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STW Challenge September: Dinner for One
Hi all! Thanks for bearing with me while I zipped away on vacation. I had hoped to post a challenge for August, but my Internet connection was unbearably slow. But…
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Bits of Florence
Ciao! I hope someone is still out there… I was really hoping to be able to post more while we were on vacation, but after my last post took an…
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A Few Days in Rome
Late July and August may not be the best time to visit Italy between the soaring temperatures and gaggles of tourists. But, then again, there really isn’t ever a bad…
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Dutch Babies with Vanilla Apricot Sauce
Tonight I was supposed to be cooking snails. Or spot prawns. Or rabbit. Or one of many other dishes that I can’t quite tell you about yet. What I can…
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STW Challenge: Dirty Dishes
I know it’s late, but hopefully this months theme will be pretty straightforward for everyone. You all have dirty dishes, right? I know I do, piling up in my sink…
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A Little R & R at The Inn at Langley
Do you ever feel just stupidly lucky? I do. All. The. Time. I’m not really sure what I’ve done to deserve all the amazing good fortune I’ve had. So, when…