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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." - Virginia Woolf  You know what's so great about having foodie friends? Inspiring each other to try new foods! In my own experience, I think my friends and I discuss food more than we talk about boys and relationships. It's just more fun to talk about different kinds of...

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 "All sorrows are less with bread." - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra For a very long time, fueled by a nasty eating disorder, I avoided many sources of carbs. Like potatoes. My beloved French fries simply became a thing of the past. Bread a big no-no. How I craved a good slice of bread. Pasta always made me cry. My mother would cook a...

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"I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books." - Jorge Luis Borges I can hear the wind howling outside, tapping my windows as if to say, "Stay comfy indoors, it's a wild party out here." Keeping warm with thick knit socks and a big comforter wrapped around me, I think it's time to write another post about books I've read, loved and...

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"I suppose I could've stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." - Hillary Clinton Growing up, chocolate chip cookies were a treat, only to be handed out when my brother and I were extra well-behaved. See, chocolate chip cookies weren't particularly "traditional" snacks where we grew up. I didn't think much of chocolate chip cookies to be honest. Just another sweet treat....

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"Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice." - Robinson Jeffers When I was 12 years old, I had my first slice of carrot cake with this thick layer of cream cheese frosting. It had raisins and was very sweet. Too sweet even for this sweet tooth. The frosting made my teeth ache and my tummy unsettled....

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"If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade--make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand." -Elizabeth Gilbert Life all hands us lemons, or targets us with lemon canon balls, almost always. I'd like to think that even after the lemon bruises and the sticky mess, I've come out of it only stronger, a bit bitter, but sweeter as well. Some...

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