Day TwoHundredSeventy::365

Celebrating today with
Chili.

and the only
scary thing here
is
my Mess!

happy Halloween!

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Day TwoHundredSixtyNine::365

oh I wish
I was
a little
bar of soap...

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Day TwoHundredSixtyEight::365

today I'm editing
photos
of
cheese making.

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Day TwoHundredSixtySeven::365

my prints are
now available
at
EarthFare!!

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Day TwoHundredSixtySix::365

leaf
kabob

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Day TwoHundredSixtyFive::365

best
coffee
evah!

for those of us who
don't
live in
Seattle.

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Day TwoHundredSixtyFour::365

today I made:
(1) a bed,
(2) up a story,
and
(3) some cheese!

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Day TwoHundredSixtyThree::365

keep your
50 Shades

I want my
90 degrees

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Day TwoHundredSixtyTwo::365

it's
the
little
things
that make me
happy.

and
Free things
too.
(those ALWAYS make me happy)

Day TwoHundredSixtyOne::365

birthday
dinner.

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Day TwoHundredSixty::365

food truck
barbecue.

Nashville,TN

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Day TwoHundredFiftyNine::365

the
BEST
after school snack....
.... If you
ask an eight year old

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Day TwoHundredFiftyEight::365

little tags
to go on my
little photos
which will be for sale in my favorite
little store:
Earthfare.

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Day TwoHundredFiftySeven::365

what
little
girls
are
made
of

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DayTwoHundredFiftySix::365

In good company
at
Barnes & Noble

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Day TwoHundredSixtyFive::365

Chestnut Haiku

Enticing Aroma
Mouth waters.Tummy grumbling
Tastes bad. Yuckola.


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Day TwoHundredSixtyFour::365

discovering
Jon Stewart

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Day TwoHundredSixtyThree::365

espresso.
this is what happens
Wen you leave me
and N
With an
open tab.
My apologies.

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Day TwoHundredSixtyTwo::365

hello NY!!

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Day TwoHundredSixtyOne::365

an early birthday card
from my
sister.

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Day TwoHundredSixty::365

night
rider

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Day TwoHundredFiftyNine::365

breakfast in
Denver.

The Market at Larimer Square.

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Sitting at the bat at Rioja.
Perusing through their cookbook.

beautiful!!
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Day TwoHundredFiftySeven::365

Feasting on a fruit plate.
Waiting for my date.

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Day TwoHundredFiftySix::365

I'm posting twice today because
(1)- 1 have 2 cool photos to share
and

(B) I forgot to post yesterday.

This is the coolest ecosystem brought home today by my first grader.
Aside from bring created in a BPH loaded petroleum bottle which probably contained Mountain Dew or some other libation that we all grew up on but now would never give our own kids because we know how rotten it is...
where was I?

Ecosystems.
Yes, Thank you.

very cool.




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Day TwoHundredFiftyFive::365

Flamin'


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A Tasia's Table Cookbook Giveaway {Pesto}

Have you ever asked yourself,  I wonder what it's like to be pregnant?  OR I wonder what it's like to photograph a cookbook?

Well, it turns out they are exactly the same.
Exactly.

Down to the weekly weight checks at the end.

 Here's why:

Why Shooting a Cookbook is a lot like Being Pregnant

1. As soon as you get the call you suddenly become more superstitious than your Sicilian Grandmother with the evil eye and don't want to jinx it by telling anyone. Then you realize you have never kept a secret in your entire life, so you decide to tell only those in your closest circle....and the before you can say I'll have a Venti, Non-Fat, No Foam, No water, 6 pump, extra hot, chai tea latte...the whole world knows...

2. When that initial feeling of world domination eventually wanes, you find yourself staring into the steamed up mirror, toothpaste dribbling down your chin, asking your smeary reflection, "What have we gotten ourselves into??!!"

3. Strangers want to touch your gear.

4. Everyone wants to know your due date.

5. As soon as you settle on the perfect name, a more perfect one comes along.

6. You find yourself sitting on the floor in Barnes and Noble, flipping through stacks of books and magazines you've never even heard of, trying to determine if you're doing it right, wrong, or somewhere in between.

7. Indigestion: that third helping of celery gratin?.. not a good idea...

8. Less is more. Turns out, we didn't need 300 photographs of berries.
Lesson learned.

9. Elastic waistbands.
After discovering the unparalleled comfort of the elastic waistband, my mother-in-law continued to shop in the maternity section long after her children were born. One time, a friend of hers saw her in a maternity store and called her husband to congratulate him.
She was 60. He didn't speak to her for a week.
Being smart enough to recognize a life lesson when I hear one, I tucked away a few of my favorites and put them back into rotation when their services were needed.
True Story.

10. Before the ink is dry, you are already thinking about the next one!

I chose this pizza pesto recipe because
(a) I have a reckless amount of basil in my little backyard, and
(ii) I ate a lot of pizza when I was pregant


Plus, this is a hearty little herb. You can ignore it for a long time and it will still grow with wild abandon.
not unlike laundry.

We have lemon basil
and Thai basil
and regular standard basil,
and Purple basil (which is what I used here)

This is a great way to use it up.
And what is more fabulous than putting it on pizza?
My kids learned this in utero.

Pesto

from Tasia's Table

1 cup basil leaves

1/4 cup pecan pieces, toasted

1/3 cup Parmesan, freshly grated

1 garlic clove, crushed

1/2 cup olive oil

sea salt

Toss all your ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until combined.
I like mine a little chunky because I'm lazy  I like it rustic.
and really smooth stuff reminds me of baby food.
And I'm not a baby.
Most of the time.


Now, you may not be able to experience Tasia's cooking first hand, (although she does offer cooking classes) but you can order Tasia's Table here.

But Wait!! There's more!!! Tasia is offering a free signed copy of her book to one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment below and feel free to tweet out this contest using the handle @SaleNPepe and @BelleChevre AND the hashtag #tasiastable.

Several other terrific bloggers are doing the same (I have them listed below, so when you're done here, head on over to their blogs as well and enter again). Each of these bloggers will pick one response and send it to Tasia. She will then choose the winner and send them an autographed copy of Tasia's Table.
Good Luck!!

• Cooking With Books   
• Cheese And Champagne
  
• Blank Palate
• Deep South Magazine
•  Eggton  
• La Buena Vida
• Susan Greeley
• Bibberche
• Cactus & Kudzu 
•  Story of A Kitchen
• Sugar and Spice by Celeste
• Once Upon a Cutting Board
  
• 30AEats
• Miss in the Kitchen
• The Picky Eater

Day TwoHundredFiftyFour::365

hockey season
has
begun

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Day TwoHundredFiftyThree::365

rainy day
chili

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Day TwoHundredFiftyTwo::365

today
it's
raining.

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