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Just Finished: Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlaneHere’s what life has taught me so far: d

Just Finished: Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

Here’s what life has taught me so far: don’t worry about that thing you’re worrying about. Chances are, it’ll be obliterated by something you didn’t anticipate that’s a million times worse.


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I am so excited to finally have this book!! I’m waiting to read it with a group of my friends but I’I am so excited to finally have this book!! I’m waiting to read it with a group of my friends but I’

I am so excited to finally have this book!! I’m waiting to read it with a group of my friends but I’ve only heard amazing things about it (like how it’s going to break my heart)


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This Week’s Recipe: Baguettes

Inspiration: I had a hankering for bread that could sop up soup broth. So I started flipping thru my Ankarsrum cookbook and found the baguette recipe.

Shockingly, I didn’t change anything!

(There’s a first time for everything.)

Other than perhaps needing to twist the dough a bit more (a technique I’d never applied before) the bread turned out perfectly and was…


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Cooking With Christie!


This Week’s Recipe: Mussakhan (aka Roast Chicken with Sumac & Red Onions)

Inspiration: Watching the bevy of cooking shows on television one of the spices I keep hearing about is Sumac. Needless to say when I finally found a jar on a grocery store shelf I bought it posthaste, then set about finding a recipe featuring this spice which lead me to The NY Times cooking page.

And it turned out…


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Cooking With Christie: Outtake!

Cooking With Christie: Outtake!

Here’s my BBQ sandwich!


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Cooking With Christie!


This Week’s Recipe: Slow Cooker Pulled BBQ Chicken

Inspiration: About a week ago, I really wanted some barbecue chicken.

In the throws of this craving, I discovered I’d mislaid my original bbq sauce recipe during our big move. So I poked around the internet and found myself a new one on SpruceEats….

And true to form, I made some changes.

I omitted liquid smoke (because I didn’t have a bottle…


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Cooking With Christie: Outtake

Cooking With Christie: Outtake

Here’s the throw together chicken soup (homemade broth, chicken, carrots, parsnips and spices) and the baguette I’d made to sop up the broth!


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