July 11, 2011I love the name of this blog. The Passionate Plate: Savoring Life in Small Bites. Admit it. It’s awesome. You wish you had thought of it first but you didn’t so move on and don’t cry in your soup over it. When I started up this blog, that’s… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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January 14, 2011Because I’ve been up since 1:00 a.m. last night after a whopping 2 hours of sleep… Because Dana and I spent the morning in San Francisco at the deYoung Museum drooling over original paintings by Monet, Renoir, Cėzanne, and Vincent van… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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January 5, 2011Warning to Readers from the Management: This post is a summary of my baking adventures of the past three months. It’s long. Really long. Do not blame me if dizziness or doziness ensues, and by all means, do NOT operate heavy machinery for three… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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January 3, 2011Five years ago when I stumbled across a stoneware gingerbread house mold among my ever-expanding inventory of kitchen gadgets and gizmos I had an idea. Bake a few houses, buy a little candy, whip up some royal icing, and spend a Saturday morning in… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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September 24, 2010Fall and baking. The perfect combination, and so I decided to start off the new fall season of baking last Sunday because we Lutherans like our after worship hospitality hour. Nothing fancy. Just delicious. Starting with Triple Chocolate Chip… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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August 4, 2010This is from our Christian wedding on April 6, 2002. Six years later we were granted a legal marriage license by the State of California. Today Judge Vaughn Walker affirmed our relationship under the law, not as a same-sex marriage but as nothing… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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May 17, 2010We’re a two iPad family and if the cats had opposing digits instead of paws we’d probably need to double that number. As it stands I’m sharing my 3G Bright and Shiny Object with the puddy cats who have conversations with Cat Commander and play bug… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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December 14, 2009I might not be stiff competition with Martha Stewart’s sense of holiday flare but I think my guest bathroom is looking mighty festive these days. Have I mentioned that the guest bathroom is the singular space in our home that my beloved as allowed… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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December 6, 2009That’s about what it takes for 36 children to decorate 36 gingerbread houses in 90 minutes of high-speed, sugar-fueled fun, and it all happened yesterday at our annual children’s gingerbread house decorating party at our church. For the past… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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December 3, 2009Over at Savouring where I blog about the snippets of our daily life there’s been a few posts on our neighborhood lemon tree and my obsessive pursuit of gettin’ me some, and when the first of the harvest arrived I had so many lemons that I was able… Don’t stop now…keep reading!
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