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regular day: with skim milk & 1 packet of splenda or sugar in the raw. holiday: with low-fat eggnog. and on "special" days: with baileys!

ahhh crystal pepsi. summer of 1992, my family took a cross-country road trip and i found crystal pepsi in colorado. i made my poor parents buy 2 cases of it to haul home to my friends in crystal pepsi-less wisconsin. man was i cool that summer.

wow. this looks incredible and i'd love to make it for easter except for the fact that i'm cooking for 4 vegetarians... hmmmm...

ahhh the everything bagel. the downfall of my low-carb diet. and i just imagine think that a whole grain whole wheat version would be as tasty! too bad (or maybe it's a good thing) there are no bagel places close to my work - or that's what i'd be having for lunch!

If you're headed to WI, make sure to hit New Glarus (for Spotted Cow) and Middleton (just outside of Madison), for a Capital Amber. Huber is not far away, and at that point, you're just a short jaunt away from MIlwaukee, where there are a bunch of options--with Tyranena on the route there. Robin Shepard wrote a book on the microbreweries in Wisconsin and gives route maps and food options too. I think he has also written some for IL and MN too. Needless to say, we used to live there and miss it all terribly - especially the Spotted Cow.

oh yum. black bottom cupcakes remind me of a great bakery next door to the place i used to work in madison, wi. love 'em.

trader joes dark chocolate covered caramels. watch out for your fillings though!

one of the things i miss most about madison wi since my move to greensboro nc is my favorite ethiopian restaurant – buraka. it seems that there are no ethiopian eateries left in the nc. both of the places in chapel hill and durham closed and i can’t find mention of any others, anywhere. i am simply drooling with food lust and envy over all the options in dc. 5 hours is a bit of drive for lunch and i haven't been brave enough to try and make any of the dishes myself... yet...

My favorite recipe includes Cream of Tartar makes the best, crumbliest chocolate chip cookies ever... It also involves all butter (no margarine or other shortening) and all brown sugar...

Popovers and a mimosa!

i love to serve chili over cornbread.... and i make my cornbread with good ol' jiffy mix, egg, buttermilk, can of corn kernels, a can of green chiles, and jack cheese. yum yum yum.

torino's pizza bites.