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More Life
I’ve been thinking. This blog is called Life In Dishes because I strongly believe there is no way to separate the two. Life and Dishes go together. Without food we cannot live. I think you get that. But I’ve been yammering on about food so much, I haven’t shared much about the many things happening in my life. We haven’t even talked about Meryl Streep yet for goodness sakes. (This will make more sense later, I promise) This week my daughter’s daycare banished her because of a little redness in the corner of her right eye. They are real watch dogs when it comes to Pink Eye. It honestly looked like…
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Not a baker…
My name is Chaundra. I am NOT a baker. I do love baked goods, however. I just don’t enjoy making them. Baking: is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection, and not by radiation, normally in an oven. I think it’s the “prolonged” part that turns me off. It’s so painstakingly precise too. You actually have to pay attention to detail, doling out exact measurements of each ingredient. Then! You have to wait, wait, and wait a lil more to see if it all turns out okay. That’s not my speed. I like to taste as I go and you can’t eat too much raw batter. Even if…
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CakeHeads
She did it again. She always does this. My mom, makes these cakes that drive us crazy. My poor daughter is only 4-years-old and already addicted. I’m a South Florida native so we took a quick trip home for Superbowl weekend in Miami. My firstborn fidgeted the entire trip chanting, “I’m ready to go to my grandma’s house!” “Be patient, we’re waiting to get on the plane now,” I said. “I’m ready to go to my grandma’s house!” “Baby, the plane has to wait its turn to take off,” I explain. “I’m ready to go to my grandma’s house!” “As soon as we land, we’ll be on our way, just be…
