Month: July 2005
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Tasting Austin: China Cafe by Phoenix
Last night we visited China Cafe by Phoenix to celebrate our friend Leti’s recent promotion and raise. Justin had visited this place a few times, since it’s near his work, and he took me to try it out last weekend. It was so good, I had to drag Leti there, too. I’m not sure who…
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Just a post
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a plain old, non-food, what’s-happening-in-my-world post. So here’s one for you. Justin and I watched War of the Worlds last night. I was seriously scared the ENTIRE time. I was all curled up in a ball, leaving scratch marks on Justin’s arm, holding my breath, and occasionally covering…
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Easy peasy soup
This is one of our new favorite soups. I got the recipe from (who else?) Giada, and we totally love it. It’s a nice mix between a brothy, slurpy, eat-it-when-you-don’t-feel-so-good soup and a filling, hearty, eat-it-as-a-main-dish soup. On her cooking show, Giada made parmesan crisps by baking mounds of grated parmesan until they were just…
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Chocolicious
My friend Lindsay introduced me to these brownies a while back, and oddly enough, last night was the first time I made them. Lindsay has tried adding peanut butter to the batter, resulting in a denser, peanut-buttery brownie. I decided to add chocolate chips and toasted walnuts (about 1/2 cup of each), just because I…
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Cook Next Door
I was tagged by Linda for a Cook Next Door meme. So you all get to read more about me! What is your first memory of baking/cooking on your own? I remember being about 10 or 11 and making a cherry crisp with my friend Sheri. Her mom had taken us to this cool cooking…