Archive for March, 2011

noms for a cause

The world has been going through some rough times lately. I’ve felt a bit fickle with my recipes and giveaways in the midst of it all, but it’s also overwhelming. In the long run, all I can hope for is that these bites bring comfort. But another thing we can do, hopefully all of us are doing, is give. In
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jam winners!

Thanks to everyone that played along with Emily’s first giveaway adventure! So I forgot to specifiy, the winners on the blog and Facebook were chosen with Random.Org. And now, I present you with winners! First, on the blog we had ten beautiful comments. [No really, mouthwatering suggestions abound.] But the winner was… Autumn! She happens to be a canning/swapping/blogging buddy,
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golden child jam – and a giveaway!

During the winter months, those of us particularly obsessed enthralled with eating seasonal foods have a tough time of it. My love of kale and winter squash only stretch so far. But there are a few highlights in the fruit world, earlier and later in the cold months. First, quince pops up in farmers markets, a slow cooking savior from the apples.
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hopping on the bandwagon

I’ve been a pretty eager tweeter since falling into its madness (New York City is a major tweetheaven). And as soon as I launched this site, I grabbed the @nomnivorous handle. But I never quite knew what to do with it. But, I finally launched a Facebook page. And with that, I hop on the total social media bandwagon. I
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saturday snapshot

Late afternoon brunch for one on a quiet Saturday. Whole wheat buttermilk biscuits, tomato jam and sour cream scrambled eggs, with a honey almond [milk] chai. And it may have been eaten cold because I was obsessing over taking other food photos. Letting my food blogger colors shine. Hope you’re having a delicious Saturday!

dorie’s toasted shorties

Sometimes a recipe haunts you. It may show up in your reader three, five, ten different times. It makes the full and complete food blogger roundup, like a musician with a new album for consumption. Maybe it looks a bit time consuming. Maybe you’re missing one key ingredient. Maybe you’re just not in the mood for it, but you can
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weekday indulgence: pretty in pink

Rough week? Sometimes you just need something colorful and sweet and homemade to perk you up. These cake balls tagged along with me to brunch last Saturday and were a highlight amongst fails. Made from leftover frozen funfetti cakeballs and covered in adorable pink sprinkles, they’re fabulous.. But it especially made my day when three grown men sprinted to the
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