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This past weekend was my sister’s birthday, which brought the birthday count to four for the month of February alone. February is not about Valentine’s day its about birthday’s, or at least those are the cards that Hallmark is making a profit off of from me. One perk of all the birthdays is it give…
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! Make sure to eat at least one dumpling today to ensure yourself good luck in this new year of the black snake! That’s my motto at least. Check out some of my dumpling posts from the past years. Dumplings in Sydney Australia and a recipe to make dumplings at home ….
This is a story of the butter that just would not soften… On a cool winter evening the butter was purchased from the local grocery store. The butter took a bumpy ride in the back seat of the car in the plastic bag, then was carried inside to the warm house. By his forgetful owner…
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had an amazing time welcoming 2013 last night. I found a recipe for a German new year’s pretzel that is supposed to bring good luck throughout the year. We used the pretzel loaf for French toast this morning— fingers crossed we ate enough. German New year’s Pretzel from America’s…
Christmas has come and gone and what that means is lots of dishes are left in its path. This year our traditional polish meal of pierogis and mushroom borscht were created in the tiny kitchen of my sisters new house in the Highlands in Denver. It’s a tiny kitchen but we made it work with…
Christmas is basically here. Everyone should be preparing for their guest and thinking about the food they will be serving. Presents should be bought, though that doesn’t mean they have been. If you are like my sister, and me, we have yet to buy the gifts. Though the gifts may not be bought the menu…
When we have a loaf of challah in the house its lucky if it makes it to the next day. I love it. It is sweet and light and doughy and I just eat it slice, after slice, after slice. As soon as I had my first taste of challah I knew I wanted to…
Sorry to have taken so long to post, but its been a really busy week. My dad called me Saturday as I was driving to work to inform me and my and sister that he would be stopping in for a visit on Sunday aka tomorrow. I was obviously excited but that also meant everything…
If you are lucky enough to still have some leftovers from Thanksgiving whip this up for breakfast tomorrow! Check out my column that uses up your leftovers for an amazing breakfast recipe. Follow me on Twitter@Pilots_Daughter
This was my first trip in, I don’t-know-how-long, that I didn’t bring my computer. For almost a solid four days I was computer free. I must say it was pretty amazing. I also bought a ticket, so no standby traveling for me this time, which was also pretty amazing. This Thanksgiving we went to New…