I made a creamy seafood pasta at my most recent catering event. I was shooting for fresh and new but ended up in a nostalgic flavor that brought me straight to my childhood. One of …
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The news of my chocolate snobbery quickly spread threw my office floor after I gracefully declined FREE CHOCOLATE. People found it strange that I’d turn down free chocolate. I had to explain that it’s hard …
A friend of mine recently joined up with Stella & Dot as one of their stylists. I went to one of her Trunk Shows to see what the jewelry is all about. One of her …
I’m helping out a friend with her Stella & Dot adventure. I was looking at matching all of her marketing material with the Stella & Dot theme. While there are a couple of variations of …
I made the following course this past weekend (100 portions):
Salmon with risotto and asparagus
Stuffed pork tenderloin with risotto and asparagus
Each with a side salad.
I figured that the salmon and pork would go well risotto and …
Since Hulk came to movie theaters I’ve always wondered, more like hoped, they would make an Avengers movie. The superhero movies of late have been hit-or-miss, usually squashing about ten years worth of comic …
I was sitting around wondering who visits this website and realized that it’s been a while since I ran some reports. I believe that knowing your audience will help you bring in more readers by …
When making drafts for websites, many web designers use the following paragraphs to fill in for content:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus laoreet interdum leo, id elementum augue posuere sit amet. Morbi …
If you ever see me drinking one or both of these drinks, you know I’m enjoying my day.
My recent adventures to the grocery have been without a shopping list. I feel that going without a shopping list gives you the opportunity to see what’s fresh and available in order to have the …
On a PC
You can add dot leaders between tab stops or choose other formatting options in the Tabs dialog box.
Type the text that you want.
On the horizontal ruler, set the tab stop that you want.
On …
I have my version of how I take notes on this website somewhere but my kids are getting to that age where they will need to use Cornell Notes.
“The Cornell note-taking system is a widely-used …
Sometimes I’m surprised with the dedication to quality in people’s work. I recently visited the Hoover Dam and was amazed at the quality of work in the construction. There was a time where Americans believed …
I have 1 hour left until April 2nd and I totally forgot to write my April Fools post. Today I found Google’s April Fools joke where they took their maps and made an option to …
I decided to make these cake pops to hand out as Valentine grams. Chocolate cake center, candy outer layer.
Just wanted to add some lessons learned from this batch:
Wait for cake to cool before adding icing.
Don’t …
Last August I moved offices to another location. At my old location, I believed food fell from the sky…in the form of cupcakes. Sweets showing up at my door seemed to be a frequent occurrence …
I read a lot of resumes. It is no secret that a lot of people still get resume-writing and cover letter writing dead wrong, but it is usually because they really haven’t tried. But a …
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