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Candidate Casserole: Answer One Question To Know How To Vote

Spinning Cook Food Article

How to Vote with the Spinning Cook Choosing a federal, state, or local candidate can feel like a choice between 20-ingredient casseroles. Someone will be elected, and with them a host of promises, positions, ideologies, priorities, skills, strengths, weaknesses, and…

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Why Proposition 37 Impacts Everyone And Must Pass

Tomato Edamame Question Mark

My Thoughts on Proposition 37: Spinning Cook   I haven’t yet touched politics here on the blog, I’ve always been just your friendly neighborhood food blogger. But the more I learn about this topic, the stronger I feel. On November…

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Brown Butter Apple Crisp

Brown Butter Apple Crisp Overhead Photo

There’s a monster at the end of this post. You should stop now. The monster is the reason why mine is the only apple crisp recipe which requires two people to prepare. Stop. Now. The first person needs to have…

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Where is the Best Place in the Food World?

Photography Workshop with Affogato and Dry Ice

This past weekend the world (of food bloggers) came to Portland for the International Food Blogger Conference. Now that my hometown is a well-known foodie destination, it re-raises the question of where is the best place in the food world?…

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Eating Habits and Influences: We All Carry The Torch

Mom Carrying The Torch

One of my proudest moments was watching my mother carry the Olympic Torch for the Salt Lake games. OK, I wasn’t really watching, I was snapping photos, cheering, smiling, and running ahead to snap more photos. It was a great…

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