So I turned 30 on Sunday. Like last year, I’d been looking forward to this milestone. Though I have my fair share of regrets about things I should or shouldn’t have done in my past, I’m pretty confident that I’m on the right path (or at least a good one) now. I feel completely satisfied [...]
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This is what we call blue oatmeal. It’s actually regular oatmeal (rolled oats) with a couple handfulls of blueberries thrown in while it’s cooking. We eat it for breakfast often because a) It’s super healthy. b) It’s super cheap. c) It’s super easy to make (and pretty fast, too). d) We’ve got to use up all [...]
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Tabor Bread on Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland, OR is cute, really cute. The high ceilings with exposed beams, hardwood floors, and simple tables (made of wood reclaimed from trusses removed during remodeling) make the place welcoming but spacious. The all-important masonry bread oven is located just to the side of the seating area, so customers [...]
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I’m kind of obsessed with cast iron. Even though my cast iron pans are heavy and large, I can mostly justify keeping what I have and occasionally adding to my collection even with very limited storage space because they’re functional, and they’re beautiful. Vintage cast iron is my guilty pleasure. For the record, I believe [...]
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I don’t know about you, but as I cruise around the internet, I’m totally blown away by the beautiful spaces online. I look at blogs and marvel at how amazing these writers and photographers are. What they accomplish, and what they are able to document. Holy wow. It’s inspiring and humbling at the same time. [...]
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Grilled cheese with pesto. Do it, and you won’t regret it. Even my 84-year-old grandma who literally wrote a cookbook about delicious appetizers thinks this combo is the bee’s knees. I always use Tillamook Extra Sharp cheddar cheese and my mom’s homemade bread (which she sells at the Corvallis Farmers’ Market on Saturdays). While the food-processor method [...]
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