Tag Archives: Food

Our Week in Food

By Erin | Published: July 13, 2011

Our first day included the last nap of the week: from here on out, we were pretty much full-tilt into sightseeing and eating our weight in good food. In fact, I have a thing for taking pictures of meals. I have always done this, much to the great annoyance or amusement (depending on the person) [...]

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Saladmaster

By Erin | Published: June 16, 2011

This afternoon, after a nap, I had some energy and decided I wanted to make zucchini bread. Which, it turns out, was a very bad idea because making the zucchini bread completely wiped me out and I didn’t have enough energy to make dinner, so Jesse had to get McDonald’s. But, I got to use [...]

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The Vegetables!

By Erin | Published: June 6, 2011

Early summer is probably the best time to live in southeastern North Carolina. Allow me, if you will, to quickly summarize the seasons here: Winter: OH DEAR GOODNESS WHY DID I MOVE HERE IT’S SO SO COLD I WANT TO DIE. (My laments go un-punctuated in the winter. Grammar is for warmer temperatures.) Spring: OH [...]

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“The Joy of Not Cooking”

By Erin | Published: April 19, 2011

While we’re on the topic of cooking and style, check out Megan McArdle’s article in the latest Atlantic. In “The Joy of Not Cooking,” McArdle  points out that women in the 1920s spent thirty hours a week in the kitchen. In the 50s, we were spending on average twenty. And now? A whopping 4.4-5.5 hours [...]

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The Messy Cook

By Erin | Published: April 18, 2011

When I was younger, “Home Economics” was cooking with my mom. Sometimes, she’d let me perform a little cooking show with our culinary adventures, and I’d insist on carefully measuring everything in individual bowls so that when the actual cooking commenced, I could make the meal and properly narrate for my imaginary audience. I don’t [...]

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