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Chocolate Alert!

by Aimee on November 10, 2008

I came across this post on Food Interviews the other day and I wanted to give everyone a last minute alert to a deal that Patric Chocolate is offering through Food Interviews until Wednesday, November 12th. First, there’s a contest to win up to $100 of chocolate. The way it works is every tenth person who orders online using the code 3FLMDE will get their order free. Even if you don’t win, the code will take 10% off your purchase (including sale items) AND two complimentary chocolate bars on any purchase over $50. Please make sure you read the fine print in the Food Interviews post. I love supporting these smaller, artisan businesses when I can, and maybe you can get some free chocolate to boot!

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It’s raining men! Er, I mean cookbooks!

by Aimee on October 23, 2008

Guess what I just got in the mail. My Good Cook Book Club enrollment shipment. I just joined and check out my booty!

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When it comes to making shopping trips for something specific Murphy’s Law is always in overdrive for me. If my purse strap just broke and I need a new one, I can go to every store in town and find nothing but candidates for the ugliest purse of all time award. Shoes, let’s just say that when I do find a pair that I like and actually fits I buy at least two. Clothes end up getting treated like Holy relics in my closet so they last as long as possible.

Despite Murphy’s predominant power over my shopping life, amazingly enough I went shopping the other day and actually found what I was looking for. I recently acquired Martha Stewart’s Cookies and have been drooling over the pages wondering what I should make. And then my Aunt gave us some oranges. One of the recipes in the book was for Orange-Cardamom Madeleines. Inspiration was ignited and my need for a Madeleine Pan was born.   Click to continue…

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