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Potter’s Pie

carrie — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:01:30 +0000

I have a friend called Bob. Bob and I go way back. He lives in France & he talks funny, although he is really another escapee Brit. Bob is a Potter. I mean a real, live, full-time, professional Potter. And while he may be an artist, he is certainly never starving. When he’s not doing Demi Moore impressions on his […]

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As Much As I Love Bacon

carrie — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:48:36 +0000

When I spied Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar on a stylishly merchandised table in Watson & Kennedy the other day I almost fell upon it like a marathon runner passing a water station. The box alone was enough to make me think about eloping. Except, as much as I love bacon, I love doing a great job for […]

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Out From Under A Rock

carrie — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:15:35 +0000

I didn’t think I’d been living under a rock the last 10 years, although I did spend 4 ½ of them in Spokane, which I’ve heard some say is akin to the same thing. There’s a lot of things I miss about Spokane. The weather & The Brickhouse Massage & Coffee Bar are two of them. However, back to the rock…I am now […]

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Just Wing It

carrie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:45:37 +0000

A month or so ago I sent a note out to my whole team asking them each to send me an email telling me their 4 favorite flavors of ice cream, with the promise that when we were all together in one place in January I would make them the top 4 voted flavors. Within […]

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A Frosty Resolution

carrie — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:57:26 +0000

I have been thinking a lot about cherries lately. I’m not entirely sure why. Ok, I have absolutely no clue why. It’s December and I haven’t seen a live cherry for months. But still, there it is; cherries have been on my mind. The Law of Attraction then, was clearly at play while I was […]

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A Rocky Road to Culinary Chaos

carrie — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:13:17 +0000

Today was hair day. Patty scared me silly by standing behind me with the scissors until I swiftly reminded her, quite firmly, that it most certainly was not a hair cutting day. I am of the opinion that hair cutting is bad for my emotional well-being. (Parents, I know you wanted another boy & you got me […]

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A Minor Hiccup

carrie — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:05:42 +0000

I do like to pay attention to the little things. Especially the little things that might make the world a better place to be in (even if only for a moment) for the people around me. Like remembering your friend’s favorite brand of chocolate when they are in pressing need of a little treat. Or remembering […]

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{Almost} Breathless with Enthusiasm

carrie — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:14:04 +0000

I could {just} barely stand the anticipation when Geoff came roaring into my office with a smile as wide as the 520 floating bridge (it’s wide if you’ve never been to Seattle), almost breathless with enthusiasm, freshly arrived from Portugal. Ok, so he had a 4.5 hour layover in NYC, but do layovers ever really […]

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High Fives & Cheering

carrie — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:54:00 +0000

My sister-in-law, Helena, is a real whizz in the kitchen. Makes just about everything from scratch & uses fresh, local, often homegrown ingredients to start with. I was excited about a two-week food fest pretty much the day I bought my plane ticket. Day 1 got off to a cracking start with a simple lunch […]

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Just a little bit naughty

carrie — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:07:04 +0000

I don’t know what it is about raisins, but I love them. We always had large packets of raisins in the kitchen cupboards when I was growing up. My mother baked a lot & I was always there helping – sieving (sifting) the flour, creaming the butter & sugar together, weighing out the dried fruit, […]

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All Hopped Up On Delicious

carrie — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:00:27 +0000

There isn’t one person on my team who didn’t truly deserve a 10 minute ice-cream break by mid-week. So I made them ice-cream. It was a bit of an experiment…the recipe that is. I hadn’t made this particular version before but it felt like cheesecake ice cream marbled with fresh raspberry sauce would go well together. The Cherry Cheesecake & Blueberry […]

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