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Adventures with French macarons
Learning to make macarons has been on my baking to-do list for a while now, and I think I can safely say I’ve succeeded. I did indeed make the macarons pictured in this post! There are still plenty of...
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10 signs you are Monkeyshines obsessed
Photo courtesy Jonny Eberle Like every other Tacoman right now, I, too, want a Monkeyshine of my own. Every Chinese New Year, Tacoma glassblowing artists create hundreds of glass floats and medallions...
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Year in photos: 2013
It’s the time of year to reflect, so here are some of my favorite shots from 2013. You’ll note a definite exploration into food photography (and tons of vertical shots, for some reason) this year. My...
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The Depressed Cake Shop: A pop-up bakery with a good cause
The Depressed Cake Shop, a pop-up bakery raising awareness of mental health issues, came to Seattle this weekend. The Sole Repair Shop in Capitol Hill was host to tables full of gray-colored goodies,...
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Local dessert spotlight: Abeille Baking
When my husband and I took our first international trip together to Paris in 2009, I experienced my first macaron—those cute and colorful French cookies pictured above. (I even used a little bit of...
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Dorie Greenspan: “Say yes and follow your dream.”
Dorie Greenspan, keynote speaker at this year’s International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) and author of 10 cookbooks, encouraged an audience of more than 300 bloggers to always say yes to...
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Andrew Scrivani on food photography at IFBC 2013
For me, the highlight of the International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) this past weekend in Seattle was NY Times photographer Andrew Scrivani talking about food photography. He was featured in two...
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Off to IFBC this weekend, and a blogging identity crisis solved
The 2013 International Food Blogger Conference is taking place in Seattle this weekend! Soon I’ll be surrounded by lots of people who share the same passion for food, photography, and writing....
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Local dessert spotlight: Pao’s Donuts and Valhalla Coffee
It’s been long enough since I wrote about doughnuts, so I thought I’d feature a favorite shop—and two particularly awesome doughnuts they make—for this month’s local dessert spotlight. On the left is...
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Victoria sponge cake and the case of the missing jam
I have a confession to make. I forgot an ingredient when putting together this cake. The filling in the center should be composed of raspberry jam, whipped cream, and fresh raspberries, but I left out...
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Local dessert spotlight: Savor Creperie
With a wide variety of sweet and savory crepes, a lovely downtown location, and interesting local art on the walls, Savor Creperie is a place you’ll want to return to. I should know—I’ve already been...
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Fruits of my labor
Our cherry tree is growing so fast. I had to fight all manner of insects and spiderwebs just to reach the ones hanging in the middle of the tree, and soon it will be too tall for me to reach them all....
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Sweet summer dessert: Lemon cheesecake
There’s something about baking I find so cathartic. Carefully measuring the ingredients, mixing to just the right consistency, and removing the goodies from the oven at that perfect moment when things...
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Local dessert spotlight: Cafe Brosseau’s lavender latte
I want to introduce a new feature on this blog: local dessert spotlight. Once a month or so, I’ll photograph and write about a local dessert or other sweet treat. I love my hometown and all it has to...
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An ice cream photo shoot
Photographing ice cream. Could my life get any sweeter? I made these photographs for my most recent South Sound magazine article, which focused on local ice cream makers. The ice cream pictured comes...
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Life lately via Instagram
Good food, pretty scenery, reading, baking, and photo shoots. That’s a good description of this collection of Instagrams, and a list of what I’d like more of in my life. Yet life is so often what “gets...
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Spring has arrived
Cherry blossoms are blooming and temperatures have hit 60, so it’s pretty much spring in the Pacific Northwest. I left the house in flip flops and drove with the window down this weekend. The air...
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Happy Easter!
I hope everyone has a great Easter with good food (and good candy)! If you’re curious, the chick and bunny are a vegan version of Peeps, made by Sweet & Sara. The candy eggs are Cadbury Mini Eggs...
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Banana walnut cake with mocha frosting
I flip through cookbooks often. Even the ones I’ve looked through too many times to count can turn up surprises. For example, this cake may have looked good when I first saw it in David Lebovitz’s...
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Flashback Friday: Cherry blossoms in early bloom
Today is beautiful. We keep getting beautiful sunny days that trick me into thinking it’s spring. Three years ago, for my Project 365, I shot these cherry blossoms during golden hour. Here’s hoping...
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