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quinoa shrimp salad
Remember when I said I was going to be cooking a lot more quinoa? I wasn’t kidding. I’m obsessed. After making the quinoa salad with spinach, feta, and dill several times over the last few weeks, I figured maybe it was time for a new recipe. There are several recipes for quinoa that are more of a [...]
mint julep
I don’t think I had ever paid any attention to the Kentucky Derby until maybe five years ago when Joseph and I just happened to be in Brooklyn the same weekend as the Derby. We were staying with Mark and Jordan, my brother-in-law and his wife, and they didn’t yet have their two beautiful little girls. [...]
best margaritas ever (freshly squeezed!)
Growing up, my family had several traditions varying from reading The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve to eating pizza and renting a movie every Friday night. Now that my sister and I have grown up and moved out, the big tradition is going to one of our two favorite Mexican restaurants (they’re actually owned [...]
