Lemon Squares (Or: Another Item to Hide From Your Family So You Can Eat Them All Before Your Run)

August 27, 2015

My grandmother (Grandmother – I’m not kidding, that’s what we called her. I’m English, remember. English Texan. Let’s have a spot of tea, y’all!) was the baker of the family. My mom was a great cook, but Grandmother was a wicked baker. Black Bottom Pie and Bird’s Nest Cookies (with homemade dark chocolate ganache centers […]

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Sugar Cookies and Pizza (Or: What To Make When You’ve Spent WAY Too Much Time on the Treadmill)

August 25, 2015

Because I’m nothing if not obsessive, I spent the week/weekend making more flour food – cookies and pizza. Stop looking at me like that. I needed flour, remember. I also had a 150 mile week (although, to be honest, none of those miles were pretty – think Mr. Magoo on a treadmill), so I was in […]

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Bread Therapy (Or: How to Solve All of Your Problems with Flour)

August 19, 2015

I used to be a little afraid of bread. Not afraid of eating it, to be sure, but of making it. Bread making is an art, an elevated form of baking that for for some is closer to a religion. One of my recent favorite books was, “In Search of the Perfect Loaf,” by Samuel […]

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A Texas Frame of Mind

July 7, 2015

Back in Texas. It feels like I can finally take in a full breath. Until I woke up the first morning back in my own boat of a bed, I didn’t even realize I’d been holding my breath for the past five years. I loved California – what’s not to love? – but it wasn’t […]

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What I ate after my run – Pina Colada Ice Cream with Pistachios and Chocolate (Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan)

June 11, 2015

Back when I was a rookie prosecutor I attended my first-ever conference (doesn’t a conference full of law enforcement types sound like a barrel of fun?) on Padre Island – a beach resort in Texas. Being young, my experience with alcohol was limited to warm beer from a keg and girly tongue-numbingly sweet wine coolers […]

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What I ate after my run – Chinese Chicken and Cashew Salad

June 10, 2015

Tuesday is Massage Day – ahhhhhhhhh! Can you hear the angels singing? My weekly massage has been one of the most important pieces to keeping me injury free all these years of running. I fell and ruptured three discs 10 years ago, and have spent a ton of money on epidurals, physical therapy, rollers, Pilates, […]

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