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The nutriFoodie Summer Camp Experience
Of all the things I’m most grateful for, learning how to cook as a young child is perhaps the most enduring of them all. My parents weren’t afraid to let me experiment, and I thank them both for smiling through all of the countless rubbery pancakes I served during my “breakfast in bed” phase. All the…
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Roasted Chicken and Quinoa Salad with Ras El Hanout
I’m on a train tonight, speeding to Seattle through the blinding radiance of sun and sky and orange sleepy light. Sometimes we’re next to the ocean, where gold skitters across the surface of the water and sometimes we’re in the woods, where the gold is interrupted by the softest of pine shapes. I’m listening to…
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Simple Cold Soba Noodle Salad
I always pine for the summer during colder months, but I also always realize almost immediately that I’m not very good at dealing with the heat. In Vancouver very few people have air conditioning in their apartments so when the first 30 degree day hits I can feel myself melting despite sitting in front of…
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Chopped Salad with Mango and Shrimp
I just got back from a beautiful vacation in Maui where I was fortunate enough to have spent a week by the ocean with my husband, mom, and sister. It seems remarkable that just a few days ago I was sitting by the water drinking tequila watching tiny crabs skim across the surface of the…
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Slow Roasted Red Pepper and Ricotta Pasta Sauce
I’m coming down from one incredible weekend; it’s Tuesday and I still feel some residual buzzing going on. Last Friday afternoon 11 of our friends came up to Vancouver from Seattle and San Francisco for a gigantic friend reunion of sorts. On top of that, I saw Beach House twice (!!) – Saturday at The…