Category: Blog
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MasterChef recap: The Final Four
(Please note: This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef, and they would prefer you not read it. This blog reflects my own uneducated and uninformed opinions about Season 3 of MasterChef, and I have no inside knowledge about how the show is judged.) We’ve got 4 contestants left: Christine (age 33), Becky (27),…
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MasterChef Recap: Monti Gets the Boot
(Please note, this blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef and all information in this blog reflects uneducated opinion on my part. I have no inside knowledge about how decisions are made on the production of MasterChef.) It has been embarrassingly long since my last MasterChef recap. In fact, Season 3 has ended already,…
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Field Trip: The Olive Garden
My partner is Brazilian, and we have a fairly constant stream of friends and relatives from Brazil through our house year-round. It’s a delight, and I especially love the gifts of honey, guava jam, cachaca (Brazilian rum), and other treats that keep my pantry fairly well stocked. My season of MasterChef just finished airing in…
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MasterChef recap: Michelin Stars and Walmart Steaks
(Please note that my blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef or Walmart, and that they would probably both prefer you not read it. The information below consists solely of uneducated opinions and assumptions and should not be considered factual. I have no inside information on how MasterChef is judged or produced.) Please also…
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Anniversary Follow Up
This amazing theme has developed over the past few months when a particular blog or Facebook post will elicit a fabulous debate amongst my fans, and I’ll sometimes get a particularly stunning message from a fan, and then I have to feature it as a follow-up post. Yesterday, I got one such message from a…
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Today: 10 Years
Today my partner and I celebrate 10 years together. 10 wonderful years filled with travel, food, and amazing friends and family. Most people who look back on a decade of a relationship tend to say, “We’ve been through good times and bad times.” But I have a hard time pinpointing any bad times along the…