Daily Archives: August 10, 2009

Calgon, take me away!

I’ve had my period for 3 weeks.
My pipes burst last week causing two rainstorms in my dining room.
Today they found another pipe leaking in my master bath into my kitchen.
This morning our insurance mitigation inspector found a colony of bats living in my attic.



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Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Day 10 CarrotCakes
This recipe is pretty standard, they turned out delicious.
Recipe:
2 c flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 c sugar
1/3 c brown sugar
1/2 c canola oil
1/4 c whole milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c grated carrots
1/2 c ground walnuts
Directions:
preheat 350.
Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices together. Separately, beat eggs, sugar, oil and milk. Add 2 together slowly until blended. Stir in vanilla, carrots, and nuts. Fill baking cups 2/3 full, my oven took 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack so they don’t dry out.

Bob HAD to taste-test.

Frosted with typical, homemade cream cheese frosting.

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Julie and Julia

Last night my girlfriend, my sister-in-law, Maeve and I went to see Julie & Julia. I wanted to see it for a few reasons.
First, I saw Julie Powell do an interview. It intrigued me for sure, a blogger who cooked her way through a cookbook as therapy.
Second- Julia. My mother worked for a caterer in the 80s and was obsessed with all things cooking, especially Julia Child. She would pop her Julia Child videos into the vhs player in the kitchen and cook along with them, so the movie made me laugh. My mother did the same thing 20 years ago. Oh, and let’s not forget the mother factor! Julie Powell‘s mother thought that the “blogging” was a waste of time, much like MY mother does with me. Nothing inspires you more than a parent’s criticism.
“Why do you do that? Don’t you have better things to do???”
The Julia videos and book(s) are now mine, as you can see to the left.
The movie is really cute, I recommend it to any who loves to cook, blogs, both, or neither.
And this is her current http://juliepowell.blogspot.com/
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