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Pernod and champagne.

I have an herb garden that is dominated by rosemary in the spring. As you can imagine, everything starts to become dominated by rosemary :-)

Dark dark chocolate bar. 99% cocoa even. Wonderful!

Space Food Sticks for the irony ;-)

As someone who has lived by myself for several years, I've learned a great deal about how NOT to waste food. Growing up with a full refrigerator my first few years on my own I would waste so much food as there was no way I could consume it. A few things I learned -
1. Refrigerate your bread (especially if you're like me and like to toast bread with sandwiches or for breakfast. It'll last twice as long.
2. Do not buy produce unless you have it planned in a meal within the next two days. I typically only buy what I need that day.
3. Dry / frozen foods last quite a while (those that come in packages and also freezing fruit like bananas / grapes for snacks).
4. There is NO SHAME having an empty fridge. It's like a clean slate for the next day to buy fresh foods and put them right on the skillet / mix into a salad.
5. Hey, you always have friends. If you want to make a big dinner, share with others :-)

You know... the best burgers I've had are at Adairs right across the street in Deep Ellum. The irony! Try them out sometime!

I feel slightly embarassed to add my anecdote of having a pet with a food-related name. When I first adopted my cat her name was "Snickers" which I just found too cutesy (who wants to be running around the neighborhood yelling out "Snickers!" when they go missing?
Instead, on the evening she arrived, my friends and I made Mint Juleps and celebrated on the porch and discovered the kitten taking a sip of a mint julep left on the ground. We decided to name her Julep, and it seems to fit her very graceful yet sporatic nature.

DILL. Add a bit of finely chopped dill and lemon juice and you're in for a treat.

Amy's has some GREAT frozen food options... especially love their Indian dishes and personal pizzas.

If I have the choice, I'll go for the cage free eggs.

Go Fort Worth! I knew there was something classy about my home town :-)

I cannot stand milk with my cereal so I usually eat it dry OR with yogurt. I'll have a little container of yogurt and sprinkle on cereal over the top, scoop it out, and add more. It's surprisingly delicious.

Hello from Hillary in Texas!

I wanted to share with you that all my female friends are avid whiskey drinkers. As a great mixer with diet coke (a 'girl' drink), we can imbibe whatever amount to our heart's desires without ballooning up. Of course, I may add my friends and I are big drinkers, so it was an acquired taste. I drink almost strictly only whiskey drinks these days and have for the past several years!

Most of the time I drink Jim Beam (great Bourbon for the price). Beats out every brand by far. Jim Beam is a very great friend in my social circle.