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Monthly Archives: April 2010

April flowers + coconut lentil soup

On the way home a week or so ago, I snapped the above photo. The gorgeous flowering shrub is located in front of a Blockbuster on Kimball Ave and I love that you can make out the movie posters in the window (Alvin and the Chipmunks, New Moon, and Avatar). Details that date a photograph [...]

Number Seven Jalapeño Everything + Almond Shortbread Cookies

If you live in Chicago and have a taste for Bahn Mi, you have frequented Nhu Lan Vietnamese Bakery. You order your sandwich by the number. I stick to the #7, with an occasional switch to the #10. Both are vegetarian, but the #7 is actually called that. Its filling is fried onions and thin [...]

Changing places

I am at work. So I have to keep this post quick, meaning I can’t include a recipe. I feel so guilty updating my blog, even though company policy says limited personal use of my work computer is OK. I guess I should just keep it limited and quit wasting time explaining this.
We moved three [...]