Posted by: cookbookapprentice29 on: June 29, 2010
In celebration of my birthday (today!), I will reveal all of the cupcake places I’ve searched out in the past few years. Some have been in D.C., others with my Cupcake Girls (Vanessa, Mallory and Stephanie) in NYC, and others in random spots on my travels. Although some argue that the cupcake bubble has popped, [...]
Posted by: cookbookapprentice29 on: May 26, 2010
A scenic springtime drive just 40 minutes west of D.C. brings to mind warm homemade cherry, apple and blueberry pies, glasses of lemonade on red-checkered picnic tablecloths, rounds of frisbee, the porch chair swings and hammocks of a farmhouse and its red barn set against a pasture of horses grazing and the Blue Ridge Mountain range, which softly welcomes a calming recognition of individual insignificance and [...]
Posted by: cookbookapprentice29 on: May 10, 2010
This past Saturday was the annual EU Embassies’ Open House Day, a diversion made perfect on a sunny day by free beer and a cool breeze. My friends Mallory and Jacob joined for a tour of countries that included Finland, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary. Overall, the event is to encourage tourism to these countries, and [...]
Posted by: cookbookapprentice29 on: March 23, 2010
Feed and entertain me and it’s a good night any way you look at it. I ventured to a supper club this past weekend for exactly that. Rubbing elbows with strangers, I dined on Jain and vegetarian Indian cuisine at HUSH in the U Street neighborhood. (Since the event is on the DL, a trend [...]
Posted by: cookbookapprentice29 on: January 19, 2010
Breakfast and I have squared off for some time now. Never my favorite meal, I usually ate it begrudgingly half-asleep in the early mornings before school. Or neglected it entirely until weekend brunch, half in defiance of the mantra, “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” I put up my chin and said [...]
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