JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Yesterday’s storm provided us with some icy cuisine. (and also some pretty scenes – it’s been fun to see different snow pictures from other Seattle bloggers .) I had already been planning to make pancakes for breakfast, to test out a new griddle I purchased on Monday. Seeing the snow, I had a sudden idea […]

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On CNNmoney this morning M&M’s in black and white Candy maker plans to eliminate colors temporarily during marketing contest…. NEW YORK (CNNfn) – In a marketing gimmick reminiscent of the gold ticket in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” M&M’s will run a contest in 2004 which will offer six grand prizes and for a […]

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I’ve been having fun cooking some special meals this week… Crab, one of Ted’s favorites, was on sale recently so I made cioppino on Tuesday night. Cioppino has been in my holiday repertoire since we moved to the San Francisco area, where we had friends who liked to make it for Christmas Eve dinner. They […]

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From New Scientist Brazil nut harvests heading for crash , I learn a lot about my favorite nut. Brazil nuts are the only internationally traded seed crop collected exclusively from natural forests, and are a popular Christmas snack in the US and Europe. They are often cited as a prime example of a non-timber forest […]

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Michaela’s taking Triaminic. Elisabeth’s taking Augmentin ES and Tylenol. Ted’s been taking Tylenol Sinus. Abigail and I are taking echinacea and vitamin C, along with our regular vitamins. Dosing out everyone’s medicine in the morning is becoming quite complicated, all these various liquids and colorful tablets….and reminding me of those multiple pill prescriptions taken by […]

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