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Monthly Archives: January 2010

A Break in the Storm

January 24, 2010 – 3:08 pm

I’m always the weather skeptic: when friends and coworkers are going on and on about a looming storm, it’s always me that assures them the weather channel is sensational, and people have nothing else to talk about. Just grab your raincoat and call it a day. But this week we had some legitimately major weather [...]

Hearty Minestrone

January 19, 2010 – 5:52 pm

There’s nothing like making a hearty soup to break in a new kitchen. And you know how it is when you move: until you get the pantry stocked and a few items in the fridge, there’s a lot of pizza and canned soup going on (or, in our case, burritos). So it was a welcome [...]

Off I Go

January 5, 2010 – 5:54 pm

Well, I missed the boat on all of the “Best of” or “Looking Back on 2009″ posts. A Sweet Spoonful’s not yet a year old so maybe I get a pass this year…regardless, as I sit here this very second, drinking mint tarragon tea with freezing cold feet and a darn fine looking dog draped [...]

Weekend in the Napa Valley

January 4, 2010 – 9:51 am

The day after Christmas, my mom whisked my sisters and I up to Calistoga for the weekend. We stayed at Solage, and explored the town and surroundings on bikes. If you ever find yourself in the Napa Valley for a few days, here are some of our favorite spots: Saturday We checked into Solage late [...]