From the monthly archives:

February 2011

Chicken in a Pot

February 28, 2011
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The time has come to share one of my great secrets. I cook whole chickens in my crock pot. I’ve been doing this for quite sometime. And for some reason, it makes me feel guilty. Because it’s so easy, and it doesn’t seem like a fine culinary technique. But it’s delicious. So we keep doing [...]

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Salt and Pepper Sandwich Cookies

February 25, 2011
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I told you about my night with Nick Malgieri. Now it’s time to talk about what I baked! You didn’t think I went to an event with a renowned cookbook author without a baked good, did you? And since it was an event with someone who REALLY knew a lot about baking and would likely [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 2.23.2011

February 23, 2011
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A Night With Nick Malgieri

February 21, 2011
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This past Saturday night I had a very fun evening with Baltimore’s Food Bloggers and cookbook author Nick Malgieri. Nick was in town to discuss his latest cookbook Bake!, which is a beautiful book that shows in step by step photos how to master 30 key baking techniques, from puff pastry to bread baking. The [...]

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The Next Steps

February 18, 2011
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After the Walt Disney World Half Marathon last month, my brand new running career hit a bit of a roadblock. The niggling injuries I fought through the end of half marathon training reared their angry head, and a week after the marathon, I found myself in a serious amount of pain with a tendonitis flare [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 2.16.2011

February 16, 2011
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Valentine’s Day: Ratskellar Style

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Happy (Belated) Birthday Noel!

February 14, 2011
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How fitting that on Valentine’s Day I’m wishing the love of my life a happy birthday! That’s right, Noel had a birthday this weekend. And due to some miracle, I didn’t have to work (this is traditionally my busiest weekend of the year!) so we made a spontaneous last minute decision to head to the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 2.9.2011

February 9, 2011
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I dream of Paris edition…

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