The Spiced Life :

The porting is about to begin...

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This is Laura's husband, who is about to start porting her blog over to WordPress (as mentioned in the previous entry). I have to be honest here: I'm not 100% sure what is about to happen. If everything goes perfectly, the old blog will be replaced[...]

Stay tuned for big excitement at The Spiced Life...

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Well it is exciting for me anyway! The Spiced Life is moving to WordPress! This move is courtesy of my husband, who basically spent his spring break teaching himself both WordPress and Thesis so I could make the switch. We are 95% ready, so I[...]

Beggar's Angel Hair

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I realize this means very little to you guys, since when you read my posts is when you read my posts, but holy moly I made this dish tonight and here I am writing about it already! We are all healthy and I am, for the first time since before the[...]

Steak Fajitas

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I am well aware this is post is going to garner me a derisive phone call from my mom and a possibly even more derisive message from my sister. And maybe even some derisive comments from you all as well (please be gentle). But still I persevere[...]

Lazy Cream Bundt Cake

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Wow we finished this cake tonight and here I am blogging about it already! What caused me to catch up? Well Sammy and I both got sick--Sammy quite sick (she's fine, it was an ear infection but in came with a very high fever), and as a result[...]

Small Town Tiramisu

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I learned 2 things while making this tiramisu, my first ever traditional tiramisu. First, truly authentic tiramisu calls for some ingredients that are a pain in the butt to find in small towns. Second, I suspect restaurants have been making[...]

Italian Bread

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Alex loves The Sound of Music . Since the moment she saw me watching it, she became obsessed. She calls it "Maria" and refuses to acknowledge any other name for it. When we first started watching it Nazis were kinda hard to explain--I just[...]

An Indian Feast: Yogurt Curried Fish and Orange Scented Cauliflowers & Potatoes

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My mom observed to me the other day that my posts had been shorter this winter. And it is true, because I seem to be perennially behind. I make a particular dish or dessert, and I fall asleep composing various observations about it in my[...]

Potato Chip Cookies

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Each semester during parent-teacher conference week, our school's PTG looks for volunteers to bake and cook for the teachers, who work through the evening hours. Given that cooking and baking is my kind of volunteering, I always try to make[...]

Riojan Potatoes with Chorizo and Chile

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I confess we had this as a meal--but it might be better as tapas. Not because it is not good enough to eat a big bowlful of it--oh it is--but because to me this is not a particularly healthy meal. The carbs completely outweigh the fiber and[...]