foraging for fiddleheads

Silly me. I forgot to write about one of my most favorite food adventures.

A backpacking trip in Washington not only means a weekend of invigoratingly fresh air and breathtaking views, but dinner as well. On our hike to Shi Shi beach on the Olympic coast during the last week of May, J and I encountered [...]

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saturday at the market

We like to walk down to Pike Place Market about once a month. The market is usually teeming with tourists, but the locals also like to go there for the fresh flowers and local produce. Even though it can be slow-going at times, shuffling through all the people, it makes me happy just to see [...]

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spaghetti with meatballs

I crave spaghetti with marinara all the time. Even though it’s probably the go-to staple food for any college kid, it’s like comfort food to me. I love how it is so easy to make, and I love it especially with meatballs. I saw this recipe for meatballs in the New York Times awhile back [...]

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rhubarb cupcakes

Because it’s been awhile since I’ve made these cupcakes (back in February), I have forgotten which cake recipe I used! Please forgive the imperfect recollection of what follows in this post.

I do recall using a white cake recipe. I included 1-1/2 cups of diced rhubarb, coated with a little bit of flour and mixed into [...]

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tummy ache

Vanilla Wafer – Dulce de Leche sandwich cookies and Chocolate Crackles
Months ago, a former colleague in a neighboring lab proposed the idea of a cookie bake-off between participants from several labs. She thought that a bake-off would be a fun way to mark her exit from her career in science to pursue the dream of [...]

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