Posts by: Valerie

Salad in a tortilla bowl

By On August 6, 2010 · 34 Comments

I’m going to tell you a secret. If you’ve been reading my blog for longer than today, you might find it a very strange secret. And it isn’t all that exciting either. But… as a child I didn’t eat salads. I plain out refused it. I sincerely, sincerely, deep in my core despised salads. I [...]

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On August 1, 2010 · 9 Comments

Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been a bad, bad food blogger for the last while. Not because I don’t want to post, but because besides the ice cream cake I posted before this, I really haven’t done much serious cooking. It stinks, I know, but what can you do. I’ve been working [...]

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1009

By On July 26, 2010 · 7 Comments

While I wasn’t looking, (according to google analytics, excuding myself) I have past the 1000 unique visitors mark yesterday.

Woo-hoo.

I love google analytics, even though half the time their results don’t make sense… I love the passing 1000.

So there ya have it.

And not that many more posts to go until I hit [...]

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Oh the magic of mayo!

By On July 24, 2010 · 45 Comments

I fell asleep on the couch after coming home from work. For real! I had the most wonderful nap (which caused me to miss my 2 favortie cooking shows, but well, who cares, I was napping). I have no idea what caused me to be this tired, okay, I went to bed [...]

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Gelato alla Nocciole (Hazelnut ice cream)

By On July 22, 2010 · 28 Comments

I’m on my ice cream kick. Seriously. I just love to, need to, want to make ice cream. I can’t help it. So far I’d only tried custard ice creams the American or French way. This time I figured I’d give an Italian recipe a chance. Mostly because I wanted to take the most natural [...]

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