As each new year approaches, one can’t help but reminisce on the past three hundred and sixty five days. The ups, the downs, the laughter, the adversity. In retrospect, both the good and the bad experiences seem rosier. We feel nostalgia for the small moments of joy. And for the moments of sorrow and angst, [...]
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The snow…the snow! I’ve seen enough of it already. And I have plans for winter to end in the latter portion of January. Yes, that’s right, winter will end in a month. Hear that, Mother Nature? Yes? Got it? Good. On January 26, you can find me outside in shorts and a t-shirt, frolicking in [...]
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The past week has mostly been what one would expect it to be. Textbooks and running gear strewn across the kitchen counter tops, Christmas lights twinkling outside, a “secret Santa” gift exchange being planned for, shopper traffic congesting the roadways, the weatherman talking about snow, five exams being jammed in two days before winter break… Everything was [...]
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Seven Reasons to Not Make Homemade Candy Canes: One: If, like a “certain someone,” you’ve never made candy before, the forty-five minute process of bringing sugar to 295 degrees F will likely cause doubt and restlessness. Apparently, the sugar mixture has a high specific heat capacity. Two: If, like a “certain someone,” you don’t have a [...]
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Gingerbread houses scare me. Why? Let me clarify: the houses themselves don’t scare me. In all of their adorableness, how could they? Even the pansiest pansy of a person couldn’t be scared by a gingerbread house. Fruit roll-up sidewalks, gumdrop adornments, and gingerbread inhabitants are hardly imposing. But making gingerbread houses? It’s quite frightening. I’ve attempted gingerbread houses before. It’s never pretty. Fallen [...]
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Flourless chocolate cake has been all the rage in the food blogosphere. How does such a plain dessert attract so much attention? One, it’s beyond simple; we’re talkin’ chocolate, butter, sugar, and eggs, people. Two, it’s chocolate. Chocolate, like math, is a universal language. Three, its ooey gooey texture makes for drool-inducing photos. I’m surprised that something designed to protect keyboards [...]
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