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Swiss Myths
Nothing bad can come of a foodstuff with the word "butter" directly incorporated into its name.Let's talk meringue buttercream, people.Meringue buttercreams are used by professional bakers and cake...
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The Key Of Life
An InvitationI will meet youwhere the rocks turn greenand slick,lapped by cool water and rain.Where the tree branches are laceagainst an endless sky-I will meet you notwhere two diverge,but join.We...
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I Do My Best
... to keep it 100.Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^100 exclamation marks.^100 slices of stone fruit.(Okay, it's 97. But I'm...
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Worth It
It's rainysunny zebra weather, as I called it when I was little.Boy, I thought I was a clever little imp.Either way, it is h-o-t.And very humid.(And damp. Note the photos.)The last thing I want to be...
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C.R.E.A.M.
Catz Rule Everything Around Me.Meow.I have a love/hate relationship with these two nasty little buggers.See, Sasha and Kasha were both rescues of sorts- both rescued from dirty, teenage-boy...
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Skywire
"There must be a better way to get a pole across the Grand Canyon..."Did you guys watch the Skywire special on Discovery a few weeks back?The one where a man walked across the Grand Canyon with a giant...
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Food For Thought
The other day, someone politely informed me that I was a terrible writer, with a sneer and a laugh.Um... Thanks?I had no response. I spluttered and mumbled. "Oh."I was saddened by the fact that I...
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Early Golden
These plums are so juicy sweet.Out of this world juicy sweet. My mama and I went fruit picking this morning.It was the perfect day- breezy, sunny but slightly cloudy, and warm without being...
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Kawaii!
^.^Hai!I'm home home home after driving 12 hours in the past 32.Needless to say, after shoveling leftover, cold Indian food into my mouth late last night just after arriving home, I fell right asleep,...
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Make It Work
Watch out, because whether you like it or not, I'm sharing some shi stuff that I'm loving right now.This post is peppered with links. Click 'em!Meow.ReadingBlood and Beauty, a fabulously intricate...
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Raspberry Beret
"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Be blown by the winds. Grow green with spring, yellow and ripe with...
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Dirrrty
Ahh... Sorry to burst your bubble, but this post is not about Xtina.I know. I'm sad about it too. Let's talk about my OCD.Because everybody loves a crazy person, right?Today, I cleaned my entire...
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Peachy Keen
Okay, I left you again, my beloveds. But I am back, and I am not leaving in the foreseeable future (until college. Eep!!)(And I brought pie!)I was in NYC and also Connecticut at the ESPN campus (so...
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Brace Yo'self
Treat Brace yo'self.Forgive me. This one is a mouthful, in all senses of the word.I guess I might as well start out by telling you what you're looking at, because otherwise I fear you may feel unsure...
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More, More, More
All the s'mores!I am so greedy.Today, I said goodbye "see you later" to one of my best friends, S.Yes, the S for whose birthday I made a s'mores cake.What are the chances that this post would be about...
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Dat New New
Oh, hey.Didn't see you there.Today is mostly photos (and is short and sweet), because I want to share my latest photographic development (get it?) with you, and I have some longer, more involved posts...
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Moshi Moshi
*mochi mochi.*ichigo matcha daifuku mochi.These mochi are ugly.*tear.So let's talk about why they look bad but taste so, so good.They are lopsided.The bottoms, where I pinched them together, are too...
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Subpar
It was my dad's birthday today!My dad is not your average father... So, obviously, I made him a not so average birthday cake.It's birthday cake... with a twist.Actually, a few twists.Or a few kicks....
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Mo' Mo'
Do you know of Piet Mondrian?Dutch painter, theorist and draughtsman. His work marks the transition at the start of the 20th century from the Hague school and Symbolism to Neo-Impressionism and Cubism....
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Pudd'nhead
“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have...
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Corny
This is an end-of-summer hurrah.Here's the sad part: I don't really feel like writing this post right now.And I didn't feel like writing it yesterdayor the day before.Today was Labor Day; I should be...
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Round Two!
Deco rolls are going to be a problem.I can feel it in my bones.Why was I allowed to fall down this rabbit hole of adorable cakes?WHO LET THIS HAPPEN?I am going to blame everyone except myself (as per...
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MTL
I'm posting this from the internet void... Spooky, huh?Well, actually, I am just in Montreal, for the weekend.(It's still my summer, ok? I can do what I want on a whim. Labor Day be damned.)But I...
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Charred
To be honest, more than charred, I'm fried.I'm dragging my feet, so much so that the edges of my toes are burned and my shoes have holes in them.Or, they would, if I were wearing shoes. The past two...
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Ahoy!
Hello, friends!Big news:MY BLOG HAS MOVED!!The new address is lapechefraiche.com.You can still find all my posts, rants, and confections over there!I hope you'll join me!
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