When I left Portland, breakfast boards were all the rage. What’s a breakfast board? Think: a traditional charcuterie and cheese board, but designed for breakfast. They’re all the range in Scandinavia, especially Sweden. In Portland, you could get European versions with those round ebelskever Danish pancakes and Norwegian lefse crepes, or more Americanized ones with […]
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maple bacon cinnamon rolls
The first maple bacon dessert I ever had was a maple bacon donut at Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon. One of the only late night places open to under 21-year-olds, my friends and I spent far too much time there standing in line for crazy donuts topped with bacon, Kool Aid, cereal, and more. Although […]
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chicken and waffles
Guys, when did chicken and waffles become a thing? I feel like I first heard about it in college when a former acquaintance was singing praise for Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles in LA. So I’ve always thought about it as Just Another Millennial Thing, but then I looked it up (FYI — chicken and […]
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candy heart cupcakes
My senior year in college, I decided to procrastinate by making my friends Valentine’s Day cards. In plain view of the whole library, I started cutting up the graph paper I was supposed to be using to chart economic theories into janky heart shapes. On each heart, I wrote song lyrics that reminded me of […]
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breakfast tacos and mochi waffles for valentine’s day brunch
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I’ve got two great recipes for a “Date Brunch In” with your significant other on Crate and Barrel’s awesome blog (you can also read about me and Erlend arguing about brunch, but let’s be honest — we’re all here for the tacos and waffles). For savory brunch eaters, I’m […]
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three chrismukkah recipes (and a bonus appetizer recipe too!)
Now that we’re finally over the Thanksgiving hump, it’s time to focus on some other holidays! Specifically, ’tis finally the season for Chrismukkah!!! For all you non-OC fans out there (or maybe you missed that boat because I’m old — am I one of the last few folks to know how to dance the macarena […]
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