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Ribollita, by Hilary

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Yesterday I made Ribollita or Tuscan soup, which is made with stale bread, vegetables, a little bit of stock and water.  While I was cooking it, I was thinking about where everything came from.  All my vegetables from my friend Mark which are all organic and grown locally.  The bread came from a nearby artisan [...]

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A Charmed Life by Hilary

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I lead a charmed life.  I’ve been hearing that a lot this week, and from different people but using the same word.  So I think to myself… it must be true.  Though honestly, even when it is true, I forget.  I have a tendency to focus on the bad, the things that are going wrong [...]

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Fourty-one, by Hilary

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I turned 41 this weekend. F o u r t y – o n e.  Forty-one. FOURTY-ONE!!!  I’m forty-one.  Seriously… I really am forty-one.  Okay… phew… I feel better. I admit it.  I’m having a hard time getting older. Why? For one… I’m fatter.  I can’t just decide to not eat cheese for a week and walk [...]

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Home, by Hilary

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I’m so sorry it’s been so long.  I feel like you’re an old friend I need to catch up with (because you are).  So I need to explain my distance and hope you will still love me once you hear my story. Here is my explanation and a really yummy recipe in hopes of forgiveness. [...]

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The Vegan Macro Heart Tart by Hilary

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  I’m an extremest.  I always have been.  I honestly feel like (without sounding to schizophrenic) that there are two women living inside of me.  One of them is an absolute addict.  She loves sugar, cheese, bread with olive oil, drinking a bottle of wine every other day and smoking.  Ohhh… I do love her!  [...]

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Bringing some Mexico to England… well sort of. By Hilary

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I lived in California for 10 years of my adult life. Basically my entire 30’s and then some.  About  7 years in Los Angeles and 4 years in San Francisco.  When I moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco I missed the authentic Mexican food.  I’m not saying it’s still not damn good in San [...]

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Movie night with Steve and Rachel by Hilary

March 29, 2011

A few months back our friends Steve and Rachel inherited a projector.  Not a movie projector but your run of the mill projector that one might use at work.  Or, let me rephrase.  What someone may have used about 10 years ago before you could sync your computer to the plasma on the conference room [...]

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