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Stop and Snap the Roses

November 10, 2011

Tuesday morning was hectic. I had 6 kids here (4 mine and 2 a friends) to get out the door to school on time. I had the Green Mountain Coffee virtual coffee tasting early in the morning as the kids were getting ready. I needed to drop my 2 year old at a friends house [...]

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Happy November – Looking Back and Looking Ahead

November 1, 2011

Pin It Happy November to you all! This month, I am celebrating Dine & Dish being 5 years old! It’s hard to believe 5 years ago I started this baby blog of mine. What’s even harder to believe is how much joy it has brought me over the past 5 years. I have come to [...]

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August 2011 Strut Your Stuff {Recipe: Bacon and Parmesan Pasta}

September 7, 2011

Oh my Lord… do you see that plate of deliciousness up there? Yes? The pasta with bits of bacon, black pepper and a creamy white sauce? You need to hop over to Tasty Kitchen where I found the recipe and make it, pronto. Trust me. Good stuff! But wait! Before you do that, stay here [...]

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Strut Your Stuff – July Favorites – Blog Posts, Photos & More!

August 1, 2011

The months have been flying by and it seems to be leaving me with less and less time to do one of the things I love… which is to look through the blogs and photos of others and check out all of the awesome work out there. I usually do this on my Facebook page, [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Schedule Your Blog Post Tweets

May 2, 2011

  Picture the scene… it is late in the night on May 1st, 2011. You and a group of friends are sitting around, watching groundbreaking news unfold. Osama Bin Laden has been killed. It is a historic moment, most likely not to be forgotten during your lifetime. Deep in conversation, you are all expressing your [...]

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Seeing Clearly (Recipe: Cast Iron Skillet Potatoes)

October 11, 2010

Last night, I returned from a long weekend in San Francisco where I had attended the BlogHer 2010 Food Conference. I was overly exhausted, but perked up the second I saw my husband and four kids peeking through the airport gate, waving enthusiastically at me. I walked closer and when I was close enough I [...]

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Mythical Balance (Recipe: Just Like Lambert’s Thrown Rolls)

March 21, 2010

If it hasn’t been clear by my lack of posts lately, I seem to be having a very difficult time with balance. People say “don’t worry about it, Kristen… you’ll find your “me” time again”. Or, “why worry about blogging?” is something I often get from non-bloggers…people who don’t understand the therapeutic nature of getting [...]

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Blogging Mentors (Recipe – Chocolate Cocoa Pancakes)

February 4, 2010

My Grandma Sumner was an extremely charitable woman. Even though she had a pretty tough life, her attitude was one of positiveness and looking forward instead of behind. Her house always had bowls of dog and cat food outside for any stray animals that came around. She had numerous people in her neighborhood who considered [...]

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Through My Lens (Recipe: Black Pepper Shrimp)

August 2, 2009

At the “conference you all are probably tired of hearing about” last weekend, I had the most wonderful opportunity to spend the evening with 25 awesome and well respected food bloggers. It may sound cheesy to some, but that had to have been one of the best parts of the the entire weekend for me. [...]

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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 [...]

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