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Photography/Blog Tips

Long Life Fertility Noodles with Happy Shrimp

May 14, 2008

Note: this was written for the lovely wedding issue for the Tampa Tribune
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The Chinese culture is filled with food traditions and symbolisms, so much in fact that I could never keep up and remember them all. During the entire 6 days surrounding my wedding, I deferred to my mother to tell me what to eat [...]

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Potatoes Anna with Cinnamon and Coriander

May 7, 2008

from my Tampa Tribune column
I’m sure that a vow to eat healthfully was at the top of most New Year’s resolutions lists. Sigh. It certainly was on mine, but I’ve been doing a lousy job of fulfilling my goal of losing 15 pounds.
I even made it super-easy by limiting myself to just ONE resolution. I [...]

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My ghetto photo studio

May 1, 2008

My cookbook editor, Holly, is flying down to Florida and spending the entire day/eve with me tomorrow! I”m really looking forward to meeting her in person, since we’ve been working closely together for the past few months…

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Green Beans with Garam Masala Butter and Toasted Hazelnuts

April 23, 2008

I’ve been on an Indian food kick lately, as a friend of mine sent me a goody box full of Indian ingredients to experiment with.
I’m new to the cuisine, intimidated by the long list of unfamiliar spices in recipes. How do I pronounce badi elaichi or hara dhaniya without sounding as if I’ve slammed five [...]

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Sparkling Ginger Lime & Mint Cooler

April 10, 2008

Note: This post seems silly now – because
1) I’m not mad at Scott anymore – that was SO last week
2) Andrew had a brain MRI on Tuesday morning
However, this story was published in the Tampa Tribune (my deadlines for the paper are a week ahead of pub date), and I’m not quite ready [...]

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