Vegan

Holy Macro, by Hilary

May 9, 2012

I had a revelation the other day as I was about to purchase yet another gorgeous vegetarian cookbook.  This particular one was written by a beautiful thin healthy looking French woman about my age.  The sun was shining on the day they shot the cover and she was radiant.  Walking through her country garden in [...]

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A springtime cleanse, by Hilary

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I keep hearing the same thing over and over in my head lately, “ordinary people do extraordinary things”.  Mostly the voice pops into my head in the morning while I’m walking to work. Over the last two weeks I’ve really started to think about this quote (as it’s constantly haunting me).  Then it hits me.  [...]

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Mexico, by Hilary

January 21, 2012

It’s been a month since I have posted to our blog.  Many many thanks to Lauren for her weekly posts and for picking up the slack while I was away. I have just returned home from 21 days of travel.  Tim and I have been on a whirl wind tour through the states to visit [...]

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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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Getting ready for the chili cook-off, by Hilary

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Okay… so I have been a little obsessed. His name is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. My husband has been calling him my new boyfriend and I carry his cookbook with me wherever I go. A friend of mine told me about this program called the River Cottage which is on channel 4 at the moment. Celebrity chef [...]

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28 Days Later, by Hilary

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Hi there, So I wrote this blog when I arrived home 2 weeks ago after working in California for 28 days straight.  I have not had time to post it and was going to write a new post that’s more up to date but thought I would share this little slice of my brain… —— [...]

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The Last (and First) Days of Summer by Lauren

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Sun.  Warmth. Shining. Summer.  This weekend was glorious.  At the end of September.  Amsterdam, if only you were like this all the time.  I would love you more, I really would. I remember visiting Syracuse University as a Senior in High School.  It was one of those spring orientations.  It was about 60 degrees and [...]

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