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MasterChef Recap – Season 4, Episode Two
Ok, so now that I’ve gotten through the first half of the MasterChef premiere, time to recap and give commentary on the second half of it! Ok, here we go. This episode starts out with Bime Cruz....
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Savory Shortcake
Back when I was preparing and training for MasterChef, I spent a good deal of time thinking about potential ingredients, challenges, etc. I brainstormed about unique ideas I could put forth, that may...
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MasterChef Guest Post – Matt Orsini’s Spinach Pine Nut Ravioli in Brown...
Today’s post is the third in a series of MasterChef guest posts. (See Carrie Peterson’s Whoopie Pies, and Ben Starr’s AMAZING post on watching the premiere here!). Matt Orsini was another of my...
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Lots of Book News – A Release, Preorders, AND a Clearance Sale!
The last few weeks have been a crazy flurry of activity, between everything related to being on MasterChef, the second anniversary of the tornado that smashed our house, setting up to get back into...
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MasterChef Recap: Season 4, Episodes 3 & 4.
So, this time I’m almost a week late with the MasterChef recaps. To be quite honest, it was really starting to look like I wouldn’t be doing it, and I’m still not convinced that I’ll bother, going...
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How to Make Weeping Angel Costumes – Costuming Tutorial
So, it’s been about a week and a half since we won “Best in Show” at the BritCon costume contest (Woo hoo! First time we’ve entered a con masquerade!) probably time to post the “How We Did It” post...
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MasterChef Guest Post – Dahlia Abram’s Orange Mango Banana Poppy Seed Bread...
Today’s guest post comes from another one of my fellow MasterChef survivors competitors, Dahlia Abrams. Dahlia is one of the people THAT I didn’t really meet in LA, but have come to know since...
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MasterChef Recap: Season 4, Episodes 5 & 6
Oh, the best laid plans. I thought for SURE I was done with doing the recaps… but I went and told my fellow “contestants”. Peer pressure! So, I’ll continue doing the recaps for now. A bit of a...
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MasterChef Recap: Season 4, Episodes 7 & 8
Having watched these two episodes last week, I’m not super in the mood to watch them again to recap them, so let’s start with a “too long, did not read” version: The entire two hours were spent with...
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The MasterChef “Snafu”
Rather than recapping last week’s episode, I’d like to take a few minutes to update you all on what has been going on the past week. As you may recall, a few weeks ago I prefaced one of my recaps with...
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Catching up… and Apple Cinnamon Caramel Popcorn Recipe!
Wow, as it really been 3 weeks since I last posted? Do I really still have Halloween stuff up as the featured content? I’ll get right on that.. Yikes. My apologies! It’s been an insane month. Lemme...
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Bananas Foster Pavlova
Just flew back from an INSANE trip to Dallas this past week. Stayed with friends, enjoyed great company, great food, … Vanilla Ice, Ninja Turtles.. drunkenly prank calling some of my MasterChef...
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So.. You Want to Audition for MasterChef…
Every year, I receive a batch of emails right around this time – people who are considering, or who have already signed up to audition for MasterChef. Very excited people, full of big dreams, just...
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So, this time I’m almost a week late with the MasterChef recaps. To be quite honest, it was really starting to look like I wouldn’t be doing it, and I’m still not convinced that I’ll bother, going...
View ArticleHow to Make Weeping Angel Costume - Tutorial
Weeping Angel Costume Tutorial! So, it's been about a week and a half since we won "Best in Show" at the BritCon costume contest (Woo hoo! First time we've entered a con masquerade!) probably time to...
View ArticleMasterChef Recap: Season 4, Episodes 5 & 6
MasterChef Recap Oh, the best laid plans. I thought for SURE I was done with doing the recaps ... but I went and told my fellow "contestants". Peer pressure! So, I'll continue doing the recaps for now....
View ArticleMasterChef Recap: Season 4, Episodes 7 & 8
Masterchef Recap! Having watched these two episodes last week, I'm not super in the mood to watch them again to recap them, so let's start with a "too long, did not read" version: The entire two hours...
View ArticleThe MasterChef "Snafu"
The MasterChef "Snafu" Rather than recapping last week’s episode, I’d like to take a few minutes to update you all on what has been going on the past week. As you may recall, a few weeks ago I prefaced...
View ArticleApple Cinnamon Caramel Popcorn Recipe!
Apple Cinnamon Caramel Popcorn Wow, as it really been 3 weeks since I last posted? Do I really still have Halloween stuff up as the featured content? I'll get right on that.. Yikes. My apologies! It's...
View ArticleBananas Foster Pavlova
Bananas Foster Pavlova Just flew back from a WILD trip to Dallas this past week. Stayed with friends, enjoyed great company, great food, ... Vanilla Ice, Ninja Turtles.. drunkenly prank calling some of...
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