My time in grad school is quickly coming to a close. I’ve already started revising the stories I’ve written over the last year in preparation for my final thesis class in the fall. But of course a few pieces won’t make it to thesis. One of them is an exercise I did in a travel writing [...]
Archive for the ‘Fun Food Bites’ Category
Frozen Dessert Stories
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged caramel sauce, ice cream, mr. yogato, pitango gelato, vanilla beans on June 28, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Urban Gardening
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged blueberry bush, urban gardener magazine, urban gardens on June 15, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I’ve never been an urban gardener. Without a backyard or much light in the apartment, I didn’t think I had the right conditions to even grow an herb garden successfully. But my next door neighbors are much more creative. Like me, they have a small space out back, which is just a slab of concrete between their [...]
Congratulations!
Posted in Fun Food Bites on June 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The winner of last week’s crossword puzzle giveaway is…Wendi from Bon Appetit Hon! I used randomizer.org to choose the winner. Wendi has chosen the memoir and recipes packages, which includes books by Laurie Colwin and Elizabeth Bard. Thanks so much to everyone who played along!
Last Day to Play
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged crossword puzzles, giveaways on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just a reminder that today is the last day to participate in the Crossword Puzzle Giveaway for a chance to win a book package of your choice. You can find most of the answers to the puzzle in the titles of May’s blog posts. Email your answers by 5:00 p.m. eastern time to mymorningchocolate@gmail.com, and I’ll announce the [...]
The Blogathon Finale: Crossword Puzzle Giveaway
Posted in Books, Fun Food Bites, tagged crossword puzzle, discovery education, giveaway on May 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
After 30 days of blogging, I wanted to end with a fun giveaway post. Kenny gave me a book of crossword puzzles for my birthday, and we’ve been obsessed with working through it. That book – as well as a crossword post on the The Urban Muse blog – was my inspiration for this crossword puzzle giveaway. To play, fill out [...]
A Food Blog in Words
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged word clouds, wordle on May 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Thanks to Wordle.net and the Blogathon’s third theme day, here’s a look at the most used words here at MMC.
Warrior Dash and Turkey Legs
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged smoked ham, smoked turkey, turkey legs, warrior dash on May 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Turkey legs aren’t just for the Renaissance Festival and Disney World. Apparently they’re also the perfect reward after running through thick, sticky rivers of mud, dashing up cargo nets and through rows of tires, and jumping over fire. Last weekend my family – my parents, Jessie, Kenny, and I – did the Warrior Dash in [...]
Great Resource: Cook’s Thesaurus
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged cook's thesaurus, cooking substitute on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
During the Blogathon I’ve been linking to a great new resource: the Cook’s Thesaurus, which is sort of like an online version of The New Food Lover’s Companion. The website lists definitions and pictures for a slew of foods, from sea vegetables like samphire to meats like emu and pigeon. What I appreciate most, though, is [...]
Guest Post: Recycled Art Projects for Kids Using Food Packaging
Posted in Art and Food, Fun Food Bites, tagged art projects, kids art projects, projects for kids, recycled art projects on May 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Today’s guest post comes from arts educator and painter Kenny Yee. He has years of experience teaching art to youth from toddlers to teenagers. Here are a few of his ideas for recycled arts projects using food packaging from egg cartons and cereal boxes to candy bar wrappers. Thunderstorms and gas prices are increasing, the NBA playoffs are [...]
New Blogathon Blogs Discovered
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged blogathon, blogroll, WordCount on May 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This year’s Wordcount Blogathon is huge. More than 200 bloggers are participating, and they’re writing about everything from writing and tech news to travel, film, and parenthood. Some bloggers are back from last year, including Alexandra Grabbe from Chezsven Blog: Wellfleet Today and Barb Freda from Babette Feasts (check out my interivews with them here and here). [...]
