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A quick message of love and honor, for you, my beloved readers. <3

I’d like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for all of the blessings in my life. I swear, I’m not a cliche. Ok, maybe just a little bit.

Looking for the best holiday recipes? Here’s a bunch of great dishes for you to make for Christmas.

Today I wrote a guest post for SummerTomato.com about my adventures at Oakland’s Grand Lake Farmers Market. Check out this photo-packed post for lots of lovely food photos!

As is common for those in my profession, I spend a lot of time working researching wasting time on the internet. I thought I’d share some of the more interesting things I’ve found lately.
Divorce Cakes – clever, and a little wrong. Love it.
The Roommate Refridgerator – a fridge that I think it both brilliant and [...]

Today travel writer Vera Badertscher and I are swapping guest posts. She writes about food allergy cards, and I wax poetic about my favorite book, Life of Pi.

Looking for agave nectar but don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for the stuff? Check out this link to Amazon’s great deal.

Three lucky winners won a copy of “Mix Shake Stir,” an awesome cocktail cookbook by the bartenders of Danny Meyer’s famous bars. Congratulations!

Summer is a time of peaches, nectarines, blueberries, raspberries, pineapples, herbs, legumes, you name it. I want them all, constantly. I’m not the only one, either – there’s a whole world of food bloggers out there who are participating in Summer Fest, a summertime food blogging event.

Today’s my birthday! I’m not saying how old I am, but I did want to say that over the past few weeks I’ve been slowly collecting birthday gifts that will up the ante of my food photography on Wasabimon. I’ve actually got years of photo training (in the traditional film world, that is), but you [...]

My spice cabinet is out of control! What started as a corner of a cupboard has grown to ridiculous proportions, with spices taking over two shelves and overflowing onto the counter. They’re a major PITA to search through.
Do any of you with unwieldy spice collections have a solution? I’ve researched spice rack ideas, but none [...]

Foodista hosted the first International Food Bloggers Conference in Seattle, Washington. It was a wonderful event.

Again it’s not food related, but I wrote another post over the the Writer’s Technology Companion about making the most of the RSS link on your blog. Check it out here and leave a comment to say what you think!