From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Cupcakes for Cancer

July 29, 2009

My friend (and regular Dinner Club attendee), Amy, sent out an email the other day saying that she was going to be using her professional cake decorating skills to raise money for our friend Ann, who has been a courageous warrior against cancer for a very long time now. (You can read Ann’s story on [...]

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Babies, BlogHer and Banana Bars (Recipe: Frosted Banana Bars)

July 27, 2009

Leah Meets Paula Deen BlogHer 2009 from Kristen Doyle on Vimeo.
The video above is of Paula Deen chatting with Leah during her appearance at BlogHer. Paula was hilarious, genuine and really an overall neat person! Seeing her was definitely one of the many highlights of BlogHer.
I returned from the BlogHer conference in Chicago yesterday and [...]

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Partial Feed Announcement

July 27, 2009

I wanted to let my readers know that my emails and RSS feed entries will now be coming through in partial form only. There has been a problem with Dine & Dish content being stolen and I am hoping this will help to eliminate the problem.
I know it is kind of a pain to click [...]

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How Not to Budget (Recipe: Cheesy Beer Bread)

July 21, 2009

How many of you have read the Confessions of a Shopaholic book series? Total brain candy, but laugh out loud hilarious. Do you know the part in the 1st book where she wants to save money, and part of that plan is to stop eating out so often? Since Curry is one of her favorite [...]

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Insecurity (Recipe – Corn Flake Waffles)

July 14, 2009

(Check out the before/after for this food photo and learn some food photography tips by checking out Culinary Snapshot!)
I am usually a fairly confident and secure person, but for some reason lately I have been hit with a dose of insecurity. I think part of it is starting the Culinary Snapshot blog. I feel like [...]

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Keep Trying (Recipe: Rosemary Focaccia Bread)

July 13, 2009

Have you checked out my newest blog, Culinary Snapshot? I hope you will come on over, have a look, and submit your before/after photos! Check out the “behind the scenes” for this photo of Rosemary Focaccia.)

I have always had a love for writing. When I was in 3rd grade my teacher, Mrs Callahan, noticed that [...]

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Culinary Snapshot (Recipe – Shrimp Linguine with Lemon Basil Sauce)

July 11, 2009

The picture above is of one of my very first food photos from back in 2004 when I started this crazy hobby of food photography. At that point in time, I had a lot to learn, and I still do. I spent time on the Recipezaar.com food photography forum, trying to learn the tips and [...]

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Who Are You? (Recipe: Honey Mustard Vinaigrette)

July 7, 2009

My  husband, Nick,  and I have been married for almost ten years. For the most part, I think that we know each other pretty darn well. In fact, I would almost bet that if we took one of those Newlywed Game type of quizzes now, we would get just about every question right.
Nick is a [...]

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Freedom to Eat (Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake)

July 6, 2009

We left our three oldest kids with Grandma & Grandpa yesterday. For the first time, they will be spending a week away from home. We’ve left them in the past to go on vacations, so they have been without mom and dad before, but never away from home.
After day one, I miss them a lot. [...]

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