A love for bread.

Sometimes you pick up a book that changes everything. Sometimes you indulge in the feeling of the smooth cover under the palm of your hand. Sometimes you read the first page, and fall in love. I think people often take for granted the skill of writing a cookbook. I also think everyone thinks they can [...]

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A World of Cake

On Saturday my husband and I took a little mini vacation and drove out to Hood River, OR. Hood River is a sleepy little tourist town kind of place about an hour and a half from Portland known for its superb wind surfing and kite boarding (we didn’t do either however). What we did do [...]

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the accidental vegan

I just bought this cookbook this afternoon while waiting for my new glasses to become uncomfortable (it seems things other than shoes made by Italians are prone to a breaking in period) and I’m already super excited and have hardly perused the recipes!  Perhaps I’m just happy to be reading something other than the imminent [...]

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the Herbivore

In case you haven’t heard of this fun and animal-friendly store I wanted to give it a little free publicity, little being the key word as not too many people are coming to my site yet (but that’s ok, I’m new).  The Herbivore Clothing Company is on SE 12th and Stark here in Portland, right [...]

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