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  Bitter Batter, Butter Biscuits

  11.26.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  A long time ago in a galaxy far far away before my mother and father married (or perhaps it was just after), my mother roasted a chicken for dinner. Maybe she was trying to impress my dad, maybe they had guests over for dinner; the details of this have always been a bit muddy to [...]

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  Elbow Butter

  11.24.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This pretty much sums up everything I don’t like about cooking and baking:

  Not to mention that this time of year, hot water usage comes down to: shower or sink? Given that I usually opt for the hot shower, doing the dishes becomes a numbing chore in the literal and figurative sense. But if dishes [...]

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  Le Week-end

  09.18.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  It’s a pretty dull life out here, being an unemployed college graduate shacking up with the parents. Sure, I’m catching up on reruns of shows like Home Improvement and Reba, but it’s getting harder to find quality television to suit my needs. Thankfully I’ll be out of here in a few weeks.

  When I’m home [...]

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  All the News That’s Fit to Print

  07.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The weekend is kind of like a three-course meal: appetizer, entrée, dessert; Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Sundae! Haha!….sorry). Even though dessert is one of the greatest things around, it’s got a lot of stigma—buttery, sugary, calorie-laden. So many, though they enjoy dessert, come to dread what comes after it—the guilt. Sunday gets a similar rap; sure, [...]

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