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October 24, 2005

Pumpkin Tacos for Pumpkin Day + A New Look

Today, at Slashfood it's Pumpkin Day. Excellent. I love pumpkins and, well, the whole squash family, honestly. I think it's part of my overall obsession with Fall. Anyway, for this event I decided to combine my strong feelings for all of things pumpkin with my fondness for Mexican food and make tacos. This worked out …

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October 22, 2005

IMBB#20: Goat Cheese Soufflé With Red Peppers and Chanterelles

First of all, thanks to Kitchen Chick for such a challenging pick for IMBB#20! I had never made a soufflÃ© before a couple of weeks ago. That one was uh, broken or something. I think I filled the dish too high, as it kind of exploded out over the edge, looking a bit like Sideshow …

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October 21, 2005

SHF#13: Double Chocolate & Orange Tart with Amaretto Whipped Cream

Be sure to check out all the amazing responses to SHF#13: The Dark Side in the wrap up. I took a while figuring out what I was going to make for SHF#13: The Dark Side, (hosted by Kelli at Lovescool). I don't do a lot of baking and to be honest, I haven't made a …

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October 20, 2005

The Saga of the Dining Room

Today is a house post and is heavy on the visuals. It's one of those this room used to look like this -- but now it looks like this deals. I hope eventually, to do this for every room in the house that we've altered. I've already done the kitchen and the hallway posts, now …

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October 19, 2005

Split Pea Soup: Not Just for the Possessed

Well, yeah, it's just that type of weather. But, this soup was actually prompted by a really tasteless and bad can of split pea soup I recently purchased. No flavor or anything. I thought, wow, I have to be able to make better split pea soup than this and you know what? I totally could …

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