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🍴: Mon – Accidental Meatless Monday feat. mushroom tacos with refried beans, queso, corn, avocado, and pickled radish — possibly Hampton’s favorite veg tacos ever. Also, we took the new TJ’s frozen plantains for a spin in the air fryer. Hampton tried them at work and said they were a bit sweet, so we added
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🍴: Mon – coq au vin blanc meatballs with mash and cider-braised carrots Tue – broth and Jello for me, Domino’s for Hampton Wed – Hampton-created orecchiette with bacon and sliced Brussels sprouts in a light cream sauce with leftover Domino’s garlic bites. Thur – Swedish pizza salad with TJ’s garlic gondolas topped with prosciutto,
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Earlier this week, I finally joined Bluesky and left Instagram because of Zuck/Meta’s terrible decision making on fact checks and hate speech. So, what better excuse to actually update this blog more often? 🍴: We were to supposed to have not one but TWO weekend dinners out, but Winter Storm Cora had other plans. Luckily,
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Somehow I ended up with a glut of NetGalley ARCs, and since your response percentage affects the likelihood of getting new ARCs (not that I need them, obviously), I spent last weekend working on catching up. Luckily, I got four super great ones. They’re not available until next spring, but you can still place pre-orders
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On our honeymoon, I took a variety of used paperbacks that I left in the libraries of our hotels and other spaces. Ten years later, I have fully joined the ebook space, thanks to the friends who forced a used Kindle on me a few birthdays back — and finally getting approved for NetGalleys, so
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So, yeah, this summer… that was a thing. Hampton and I both ended the spring with some killer shows and then it was all, well, life as usual. Snuggly puppies, tv, and lots of other people’s recipes. I may be in the midst of books 99 and 100 of the year, but there have been
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Happy pub date to Jo Callaghan for her In the Blink of an Eye! I loved this debut novel when I read it thanks to NetGalley, so when her publisher contacted me with this neato graphic and asked me to share, I was happy to oblige! I loved this! Great combo of police procedural and
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It’s been hard to write when *waves arms at general state of the world* and, despite — well, let’s face it, because of that, I’ve been reading as per usual. Over the weekend I finished books 107 and 108 of the year, both from NetGalley. I may or may not have forgotten I was granted
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We are a week and change away from life returning to normal… err, the most recent normal? So let’s play catch up. Food has still been a bit hit and miss due to rehearsals and gigs. Recent highlights: — the cheater’s Spanish tortilla: did this for a brunch party with the recommended prosciutto and piquillos
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This last weekend, I read two of the best books… of 2020… and 2017. Whoops? But also: Worth. The. Wait. • The Guest List, by Lucy Foley. My friend Jenny got me a Book of the Month subscription for Christmas… and it took me three months to decide on my first order. Because Jenny and
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