new job reveal

It’s been absolutely killing me to keep quiet about my new job because it is one of those -dare I say- dream jobs that come along once in oh, almost never. When I first heard about it, I forwarded my fiancé the job description almost instantly and confessed I had never wanted a job so

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tomatillo enchiladas

Does anyone actually like corn tortillas more than flour ones? Because I don’t -and this recipe confirms that. Corn tortilla enchiladas are wonderful at hole-in-the wall Mexican restaurants but the few times I’ve tried making them I’ve been incredibly disappointed. Imagine opening the oven to a pan of hot enchiladas covered in bubbling cheese and

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fab arms for the buff bride

I can’t believe how quickly our wedding is approaching – we’re officially less than one month out from our big day in Italy! Unfortunately, moving cross-country just two months before the wedding has meant not stepping foot into a gym since February. I’ve done well at staying active and getting my sweat on most days

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what i’m reading: flour water salt yeast

Since moving to San Francisco, our sourdough spending has gotten out of control. How out of control? I’ll just say we probably spend as much on Sourdough as we do on lattes at Starbucks each week. It’s a good thing I haven’t yet figured out how to buy bread with my iPhone like I do

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moving on out

– the before & after –  It’s been six years since I last moved and now I remember why – moving is exhausting, stressful, expensive and man, oh man is it bittersweet! I flew back to North Carolina last Tuesday to wrap things up in Chapel Hill where I was met by my dad and

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my first kitchenaid mixer

Most 5-year old girls want dolls and hot pink bicycles from Santa -I wanted Teddy Ruxpin and a KitchenAid Mixer. We never had a KitchenAid mixer growing up -but the neighbors did- and baking Christmas cookies each year at Sarah’s house was a magical experience. I don’t know what I loved more -the hands-free mixing

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