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Well, now that I can actually think about falafel (the tasty Middle Eastern chick pea snack) without shuddering or laughing, it sounded like a good pick for dinner. I really like falafel. I used to get it on the Stanford campus for lunch sometimes (at a place by the coffeehouse) and it brings back memories …

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Leftover cookies from the dinner -- they are gone now! So, last Wednesday was the day I made 34 cookies. I followed the basic cookie recipe here, but used 3/4 bittersweet chocolate chips (Ghirardelli 70% bittersweet) and 1/4 white chocolate chips (just for fun). After baking them I let them cool for a few hours …

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Okay, so for this dinner for 26+ people, I took it a little easy on the starters. Little skewers with mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes, crostini with a white bean and sage dip and olives. See, easy. The skewers were simply marinated mozzarella balls from Trader Joes and cherry tomatoes. I also experimented with putting …

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Christy at Beehive tagged me for this -- how fun. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Cookie Baker and Basket Arranger at a cookie basket gift company (Glen Ellyn, IL) Natural Resources Cataloger at the National Park Service (Colorado Plateau parks including: meve, grca, zion, brca, blca and arch) Web Editor at the now …

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Here is one of the pots of sauce I made yesterday -- huge, rambley recap Monday! Sorry! Including -- Roasted Garlic & White Bean Dip Two Lasagnas Cute little cherry tomato and Mozzarella appetizer skewers Cookie Roses (perfect for Valentine's Day!)

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