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Savory Spinach Pies

June 20, 2010

Maria Smith and I have a difference of opinion. She thinks her personality most resembles one of her fantastic meatballs because not one meatball is the same and everybody loves them. I have no doubt that everybody loves Maria, but I think it’s because she is really a human version of her spinach pies. Like [...]

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Happy Birthday Kevin!

May 30, 2010

My husband turned 37 this Memorial Day weekend and we are spending a few days celebrating with family. Kevin loves chocolate so for his birthday, I made him a flourless chocolate cake. The recipe can be found here on Allrecipes.com. It’s super-easy to make and was a big hit. Lessons learned: –Kevin loves the waffle [...]

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Annalayna’s Hamentaschen

April 24, 2010

Nicole Jaconetti is the kind of woman who finds opportunities and then turns them into success. If opportunity was a baseball, she would hit it out of the park. To keep up with the sports metaphors (and because Nicole is a Flyers fan), if opportunity was a hockey puck, she would score goal after goal. [...]

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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2009

Goodbye 2009. Hello 2010! Adapted from David Allen, the Getting Things Done guy, here is a list of questions to empower you to reflect on the past year and plan for the next one. Reflecting on the past year: 1. List all of your completed food-related projects/experiences from 2009. They can include new restaurants, new [...]

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