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Preparing to Leave: Roasted Corn with Lime and Manchego

I’m not scared to move to New York. I’m just a little confused. Compared to anywhere else I have lived, New York is breathtakingly, mind-numbingly massive. It’s like watching a newborn child for a few hours compared to interacting with … Continue reading

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Crawfish Monica: In the Season of Jazz Fest and Gift Giving

I have always really liked listening to DJs on the radio. The ones who talk much more than they play music and have obnoxious laughs that bubble through the speakers and who are generally disliked by their listening audiences. I … Continue reading

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When Veggies Play Dress-up: Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon-Herb Dressing

My boyfriend once told me that he’d break up with me if I ever became a vegetarian. This was not a carnivorous admission of a meat-free phobia, nor was it a revealing statement that opened the windows into the mind … Continue reading

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A Perfect Picnic Dessert: the Most Chocolatey Brownies

In my persistent and very dedicated search for the perfect bite of chocolate, I’ve found only one constant: the brownie. Nearly every brownie holds a delicious bite of chocolate and sugar that is craved in the dead of winter when … Continue reading

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When Life Isn’t a Picnic, Pizza Helps with Hard Decisions

When I was 15, my dad gave me my first Hemingway book saying, “He made me realize writing doesn’t need to be fancy. It can be simple and be good.” Like my father, I fell in love with Hemingway’s journalistic … Continue reading

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DIY Organization: Cute Spice Jars

I recently decided I wanted to start crafting. I’m not the crafty sort, although when I modge podged together strange collages as a child, always searching through magazines for the elusive “z” so my name could be included amongst the … Continue reading

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The Everyday Epicurean: Kitchen Explorations

The coziest memory of my childhood is walking downstairs while Garrison Keillor sang “I hear that old piano from down the Avenue…” on NPR and the smell of green beans wafted out of my mom’s kitchen. A Prairie Home Companion … Continue reading

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