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July 2013 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A friend of mine told me that a developer is putting up mini-condos (micro-condos? In her Portland neighborhood. Her concern wasn't the small size, but the fact that the condos wouldn't have kitchens. The idea being, apparently, that people are content to take all their meals at restaurants, or eat grocery store to-go meals. Out of clam shell containers. And then there are all those great books that take place in rooming houses. A recent favorite: The Slaves of Solitude. Small Tal...
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August 2013 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013. If bike rides and ice cream cones. Make me feel like a kid again, camping takes me right back to my first years as a young adult. Not because I spent those years backpacking, or even car camping. But the main reason camping reminds me of starting out in that first apartment is that many of the dishes and pans in our camp cookware box were my first dishes and pans. And especially this knife. I bought it one of the first days I was on my own. Boy did I feel grown up walkin...I pro...
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Bike Rides and Ice Cream Cones ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013. Bike Rides and Ice Cream Cones. I think you all know I enjoy ice cream. A lot. So much, in fact, that in the beginning of this summer I spent a sunny Saturday walking 18 miles and tasting ice cream from 10 different shops. I promise to tell you about that before the leaves start to turn color. For now, I just want to talk about yesterday. It was hot here- 90 degrees. I'd gone for a 20 minute walk (each way) with a friend to our local tiki Bar, Hale Pele. Sometimes I choose my i...
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February 2014 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Friday, February 14, 2014. Here's a Valentine's trifle for you. Much as I love fine chocolate- and there's so much to be had these days! People who know me know about the soft spot See's occupies in my heart. It's not so much their chocolate (I believe they use Guittard, which I find perfectly fine) that speaks to me. It's the brown sugar grainy filling of their Butterscotch Square, and the Apricot Bonbon's bright yellow fondant that is so sweet it almost- almost! Or if his wife, husband, girlfriend, boy...
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June 2013 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Chez Panisse Comes Back. Chez Panisse reopened this week, 3-1/2 months after the March 8th fire. Two of the articles celebrating the reopening, on Bon Appetit. Remind me why Chez Panisse matters. Besides, if it weren't enough, for all it's done for food, eaters, and growers in the past 42 years. Incidentally, in the last week I also saw that the New York Times ' Room for Debate. Here is a few of those articles:. New York Times, October 9, 2008, ' Why Tip. Links to this post.
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Chez Panisse Comes Back ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Chez Panisse Comes Back. Chez Panisse reopened this week, 3-1/2 months after the March 8th fire. Two of the articles celebrating the reopening, on Bon Appetit. Remind me why Chez Panisse matters. Besides, if it weren't enough, for all it's done for food, eaters, and growers in the past 42 years. Incidentally, in the last week I also saw that the New York Times ' Room for Debate. Here is a few of those articles:. New York Times, October 9, 2008, ' Why Tip. June 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM.
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Camp Life ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013. If bike rides and ice cream cones. Make me feel like a kid again, camping takes me right back to my first years as a young adult. Not because I spent those years backpacking, or even car camping. But the main reason camping reminds me of starting out in that first apartment is that many of the dishes and pans in our camp cookware box were my first dishes and pans. And especially this knife. I bought it one of the first days I was on my own. Boy did I feel grown up walkin...Trifl...
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June 2012 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Thursday, June 21, 2012. A is for Anise. I’ve always loved anise flavor, in any guise. Many of my early taste memories revolve around anise. As a little kid back when it was fun to be a little kid, I had plenty of freedom to explore my world by myself. Remember those days when you had free reign of the block until you heard your mother yell up and down the street that dinner was ready? Fennel by visualdensity on Flickr. Maybe the moment when I first saw the recipe for Rhubarb Anise Upside Down Cake.
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A Valentine's Trifle ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Friday, February 14, 2014. Here's a Valentine's trifle for you. Much as I love fine chocolate- and there's so much to be had these days! People who know me know about the soft spot See's occupies in my heart. It's not so much their chocolate (I believe they use Guittard, which I find perfectly fine) that speaks to me. It's the brown sugar grainy filling of their Butterscotch Square, and the Apricot Bonbon's bright yellow fondant that is so sweet it almost- almost! Or if his wife, husband, girlfriend, boy...
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September 2013 ~ Giovanna's Trifles
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Up now on Culinate, ' Preserving Summer. I hope you'll read it (and explore the Culinate site). Enjoy! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.". Unless there's lots of crème anglaise. Involved. And a little sherry. - Giovanna. 10 cakes in 2010. Aglio Olio and Peperoncino. Baking for All Occasions. Little Red Bike Cafe. Oretta Zanini De Vita. There was an error in this gadget. Follow me on Twitter. Grace on the Go.
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