From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Happy Birthday Kansas!

January 30, 2007

In case you missed the news, the great state of Kansas turned 146 yesterday. That’s really not very old… I hear that 146 is the new 30, so Kansas is still a young spring chicken. My son came home from school pumped full of Kansas information. He quizzed us all on what the state flower [...]

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I finally did it!

January 30, 2007

I know that grocery stores aren’t the most glamorous places to buy bread, but our Kroger bakery has the best rustic Italian Loaf I have ever tried. Since I enjoy baking bread, I don’t usually buy artisan or homemade style bread from stores, but I have yet to be able to duplicate the goodness [...]

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They say variety is the spice of life

January 28, 2007

I am so tired of making apple pies. My husband loves apple pie. Every weekend he always asks "are you making me an apple pie this weekend?" He’s even willing to do the daunting task of peeling and slicing the apples if I make the crust and pie. I usually give in to his apple [...]

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Food and Wine Top 100 Tastes – #40 Southern Italian Wine

January 25, 2007

I will be the first to admit… I am not a wine snob. My husband and I enjoy wine, we enjoy going to wine tastings, and we have a nice collection of wine. We do not, however, have the faintest idea about what wines are better than others and why. I personally like to pick [...]

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I’m a Pepper, You’re a Pepper….

January 24, 2007

Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too?
Remember that Dr Pepper commercial from the late 70’s, early 80’s? Quite the catchy little tune, wasn’t it? That commercial and my favorite beverage, Dr Pepper, was the inspiration for the cupcakes I made yesterday. I had made the pumpkin roll for my husbands birthday, but was being [...]

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A Big Dose of Confidence

January 23, 2007

It’s amazing  how having a successful attempt at something you have wanted to do for so long can give you that extra boost of confidence you need. This past weekend I made the Lighter Than Air Chocolate Cake Roll and it was a huge, delicious success. For so many years I’ve been watching people make [...]

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Come in out of the snow

January 22, 2007

 
Come in out of the snow. I know your hands and feet have got to be freezing cold from building the neighborhood’s largest snowman. You must be exhausted from sledding non-stop down the hill and back up and down the hill and back up again, over and over. Take your coat, shoes and mittens off [...]

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Power of Suggestion

January 20, 2007

I am a marketers dream. I am the target audience that marketers go after when they are trying to entice customers merely by the power of suggestion. It will be 4:00 in the afternoon and a commercial will come on the television for a restaurant. I watch, get hungry, and can’t get that restaurant out [...]

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Ask and you shall receive

January 19, 2007

This morning I made a quick post, reaching out to the food blogging community for some help finding a new homemade pizza crust recipe. Wouldn’t you know it? I left soon after to take my daughter to dance class only to return to find the comments by you all with some fantastic pizza dough recipe [...]

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Pizza crust request and a Meme

January 18, 2007

I have a quick request this morning. I’m making a southwest pizza tonight and have been browsing the web looking for a new pizza crust recipe to try. I’m looking for a crust that is in between thin and thick… kind of like the hand tossed crust at Pizza Hut. Do any of you have [...]

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