JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Okay, perhaps House of Sugar is more appropriate. House of Candy. House of Dental Caries. The girls and I had planned to make a Gingerbread Log Cabin at Christmas time, but we were so deluged with a flood of yummy holiday cookie gifts, that I decided to postpone the project. I’d never made any gingerbread […]

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Am I the only one who winces at this ad? To offer Free Beef at a time – and in a state – like this? Now I like Les Schwab. They’ve repaired at least two tires of ours for no charge. But I’m squeamish at the thought of beef, much less free beef offered by […]

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Some articles about food in recent Seattle Times: From Monday’s paper – County restaurant inspector on front lines of food safety: “You’re lucky. Today’s Tuesday. We don’t take prisoners on Tuesday.” That’s one of the hokey lines French uses to put food-service workers at ease. He calls his routine visits “walk-throughs” rather than “inspections” because […]

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All on a row in our kitchen countertop today gifts from our dinner guests last night. Ginger Beer. A good one too. I”m sure we’ve had this somewhere in the past but it’s been a while. Delicious. Gulped it down with dinner, too thirsty to notice any flavor, only to get the ginger kick, strong […]

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and eggs and oatmeal and oil baked together makes a great breathing day breakfast. Today I monkeyed around with the recipe, taking out some of the oil and all the sugar, adding apple juice concentrate and honey to taste. Not the same decadence as the original recipe, a little more crumbly in consistency, but yummy […]

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