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Breads & Puff Pastry

Breads & Puff Pastry

We just finished our second week of breads in my baking and pastry class. We’re moving on to cookies this week, but before we do that I wanted to give you a little recap and some pictures of the items we made in class last 

I Have, Not I Am

I Have, Not I Am

My dear friend Taylor has a blog filled with some of the most wonderful, inspiring posts. She recently started a series called “I Have, Not I Am” and I was lucky enough to be asked to write a piece for it. There are many things we ‘have’ – 

That Time I Met Bill Schonely (and Other Fun Adventures)

That Time I Met Bill Schonely (and Other Fun Adventures)

I had the privilege of meeting Bill Schonely on Monday night at the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame Induction. For those of you not familiar with Mr. Schonely (or Mr. Rip City as he’s fondly referred to around here) he was the voice of the 

Old Friends & Class Projects

Old Friends & Class Projects

Last week my roommate from my freshman year at OSU and her boyfriend came to Portland from her home in Hawaii. She’s moving back here in a couple of months and was checking out apartments so she has a place to live when she comes 

Midterms, Apartment-Sitting and Valentine’s Day

Midterms, Apartment-Sitting and Valentine’s Day

Hello! Things started getting back to normal here in Portland after the crazy snowstorm last week. Most of the schools were still closed on Monday due to icy roads, but of course my school only had a two-hour delay, meaning it was open at 10.