Basil is a Young Sportsman

Basil picks a giveaway winner

April 3, 2012

With all that’s going on lately, picking the Yumvelope giveaway winner totally slipped my mind. Basil helped me pick a winner. Okay, he snacked on his peanut butter kong, and I entered the numbers into the random generator. Isn’t he cute, though? He approved the winner, and sends his congrats. See Basil’s pick here!   [...]

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Big Night

April 1, 2012

I am excited to be hosting Food ‘n Flix this month, and thrilled to be sharing one of my all time favorite movies, Big Night. The movie, the acting, the actors, the food, the story – all of it is fabulous! Two Italian brothers, Primo and Secondo, come to America and open a restaurant. The [...]

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thoughts and things

March 20, 2012

I am recovering from a relaxing weekend. I gave myself permission to do nothing. Though I cancelled more plans than I kept (sorry Sarah, sorry Alix – I look forward to our rescheduled events this weekend!), I did not miss a dear friend’s baby shower. Part of the baby shower fun was creating custom onesies [...]

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sunshine

March 15, 2012

…via flowers. Jason brought them, just because. and now I’m sharing them with you – thank you all for your continued readership, friendship and support – it means more than you know.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments [...]

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so that happened

February 24, 2012

  Things do not always go smoothly in my corner of the culinary world. What follows is an honest account of what happened yesterday. All in one day. I couldn’t make this up. First, I needed avocados for dinner. That’s all – I had just gone to the store. I was going to run up [...]

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mazel dog

January 29, 2012

Basil got a new tee shirt yesterday. My recent schedule has me staying up late nights, where Basil and I have been enjoying Andy Cohen and Watch What Happens Live. I love this show, I love Andy – and a good amount of levity is brought to my day. Laughing feels good. The other night [...]

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life

January 20, 2012

I have had plenty of perspective – giving moments this week. I don’t want to get into many details, but I want to explain my absence this week and what will most likely follow for a while. Dad went into the hospital a week ago today. Before we left for Mexico over the holidays, he [...]

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tempeh edamame salad rolls with ginger sesame peanut sauce

January 11, 2012

Basil is a smart pup. He has a touch of separation anxiety, and hates to be left alone. We have this retro style couch that sits on tall legs, and when he sees us put shoes and coats on, he slinks under the couch. We crate him when we are out, thus the couch slinking. [...]

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yeeeeoooow!

January 8, 2012

HAPPY SUNDAY! Basil says. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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